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Your heart pumps blood to circulate that oxygen throughout your body so your muscles and organs can use oxygen and glucose to make adenosine triphosphate (ATP), a molecule that your cells use for energy.
—Heidi Moawad, Verywell Health, 7 Oct. 2024
During exercise, phosphocreatine is broken down and used to generate adenosine triphosphate (ATP), your body's main energy source.
—Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 6 Aug. 2024
Ribose is a crucial sugar molecule that plays a key role in synthesizing adenosine triphosphate (ATP), the primary energy source for your cells.6
By increasing ATP levels, ribose supplements may help improve energy levels, reduce fatigue, and support overall cellular function.
—Lauren Manaker Ms, Rdn, Health, 19 July 2024
That's because before the muscles can actually use fatty acids or glucose, both have to be turned into something called adenosine triphosphate or ATP.
—Outside Online, 17 July 2024
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First Known Use
1932, in the meaning defined above
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“Adenosine triphosphate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adenosine%20triphosphate. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
adenosine triphosphate
noun
adenosine tri·phos·phate
-trī-ˈfäs-ˌfāt
: atp
Medical Definition
adenosine triphosphate
noun
adenosine tri·phos·phate
-trī-ˈfäs-ˌfāt
: atp
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