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What is metabolism?

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Dear student,

Metabolism is the sum total of chemical reactions taking place in the cells of the living organisms.

All metabolic changes that take place are in multiple reactions and follow a particular pathway called the metabolic pathway.

Metabolism ("change") can also be defined as the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms.


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