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Pasteur effect
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English
Etymology
Named after Louis Pasteur who first described the effect in 1857.
Noun
en biochemistry The phenomenon in which the cellular presence of oxygen causes in cells a decrease in the rate of glycolysis and also a suppression of lactate accumulation.
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en Metabolism