English Explanatory Dictionary

Pasteur effect

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

Pasteur effect Pasteur effects

Etymology

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

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