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I need help with T or F on biology on Nutrition and Metabolism?

1. Mitochondria are not picky metabolizers. They will accept acetyl-CoA from any metabolic source.

2. Catabolism within mitochondria provides most of the ATP needed to sustain cell functions.

3. The most abundant dietary lipids in the diets of most Americans are triglycerides.

4. Beta oxidation is the initial phase of fatty acid oxidation, and it occurs in the cytoplasm.

Are these statements true or false.

I need help.

thx

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  • 9 years ago
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    1. T

    2. T

    3. T

    4. F (happens in the mitochondria after acyl chains have been shuttled in by carnitine)

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