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Metabolism


All the chemical reactions that take place in an organism and which account for the flow of energy that goes through it. Metabolism is divided into catabolism which groups all the reactions related to the destruction of matter and production of smaller compounds and energy, and anabolism, which relates to reactions utilizing energy and raw materials to produce complex molecules.

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