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- noun The
metabolism offructose fromdietary sources.
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Examples
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That's because in the liver an enzyme known as fructokinase adds a phosphate group to fructose and is then metabolized through a process known as fructolysis.
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Although glycolysis (the metabolic process by which glucose is metabolized initially) and fructolysis share some intermediate molecules, the metabolic fates are different.
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Fructose however is broken down not in all cells but largely only in the liver through a process called fructolysis.
DesiPundit Sunil 2010
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