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. 2011 Mar;15(3):173–182. doi: 10.1089/omi.2010.0088

FIG. 7.

FIG. 7.

Flow of 13C atoms from [U-13C]-glucose into detectable metabolites. 13C atoms from glucose (red) enter pyruvate and alanine by glycolysis, and then into Krebs cycle makers via the pyruvate dehydrogenase or pyruvate carboxylase reactions, and ultimately into macromolecules.