After looking at the structures of sugars and fatty acids, give an intuitive explanation as to why

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After looking at the structures of sugars and fatty acids, give an intuitive explanation as to why oxidation of a sugar yields only about half as much energy as the oxidation of an equivalent dry weight of a fatty acid.

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Essential Cell Biology

ISBN: 9780393680362

5th Edition

Authors: Bruce Alberts, Karen Hopkin, Alexander Johnson, David Morgan, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter

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