| Meyerhof oxidation quotient | <biochemistry> An index for the effect of oxygen on glycolysis and on fermentation (i.e., on the Pasteur effect); equal to the rate of anaerobic fermentation minus the rate of aerobic respiration divided by the rate of oxygen uptake. (21 Jun 2000) |
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| Meyerhof, Otto | <person> German-U.S. Biochemist and Nobel laureate. Lived: 1884-1951. See: Embden-Meyerhof pathway, Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway, Meyerhof oxidation quotient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Embden-Meyerhof-Parnas pathway | A pathway that degrades glucose to pyruvate, the six-carbon stage converts glucose to fructose-1,6-bisphosphate, and the three-carbon stage produces ATP while changing glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate to pyruvate. Compare: Entner-Doudoroff pathway. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| Embden-Meyerhof pathway | The main pathway for anerobic degradation of carbohydrate. Starch or glycogen is hydrolysed to glucose 1 phosphate and then through a series of intermediates, yielding two ATP molecules per glucose and producing either pyruvate which feeds into the tricarboxylic acid cycle) or lactate. (18 Nov 1997) |