Pasteur effect

English

Etymology

Named after Louis Pasteur who first described the effect in 1857.

Noun

Pasteur effect (plural Pasteur effects)

  1. (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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