Metabolism (from Greek: metabole meaning”change” or Greek: metabolismos, also meaning to “outthrow”) is the set of life-sustaining chemical transformations which occurs within the cells of living organisms. 

These enzyme-catalyzed reactions allow organisms to grow and reproduce, maintain their structures,

and respond to the energies which governs their environments.

The human activities like;

Socializing, interacting, human relationships, law of attraction which enables living organisms to attract each other, is all done via the metabolites which are produced through the process of metabolism.

Metabolism;

that which produces change or chemical rection.

For example;

when a person moves from a tropical warm country and travels to a colder European country, Metabolism will occur so that the body may be able adjust to it’s new environment.

The word metabolism can also refer to all chemical reactions that occur in living organisms, including digestion and the transport of substances into and between different cells.

Metabolism – is usually divided into two categories.

Catabolism – breaks down organic matter, for example to harvest energy in cellular respiration.

Anabolism – uses energy to construct components of cells such as proteins and nucleic acids.

The chemical reactions of metabolism are organized into metabolic pathways, in which one chemical is transformed through a series of steps into another chemical, by a sequence of enzymes. 


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