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  • adjective chemistry Of or pertaining to the ability to transport protons

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  • “The body has ways of dissipating excess energy involving the reduction of protonmotive force across the inner mitochondrial membrane a subject way too technical to address here, though I may try sometime in a long post, which is precisely what I believe happens when insulin is kept low and calories high.

    A call for help II | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009

  • The body has ways of dissipating excess energy involving the reduction of protonmotive force across the inner mitochondrial membrane a subject way too technical to address here, though I may try sometime in a long post, which is precisely what I believe happens when insulin is kept low and calories high.

    Metabolism and ketosis | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2007

  • In addition, this concept of biological power transmission by protonmotive force

    Press Release: The 1978 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1978

  • It is already clear, on the other hand, that the principle of power transmission by protonmotive force - or, as

    The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1978 - Presentation Speech 1978

  • further detail into what the previous commenter quoted: “The body has ways of dissipating excess energy involving the reduction of protonmotive force across the inner mitochondrial membrane a subject way too technical to address here, though I may try sometime in a long post, which is precisely what I believe happens when insulin is kept low and calories high.

    A call for help II | The Blog of Michael R. Eades, M.D. 2009

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