The manufacture of complex molecules, such as fats and proteins, from simpler molecules by metabolic processes in living cells. (See also catabolism; metabolism.)
Production by the body of complex molecules like fat and proteins from simpler substances taken in the diet.
n. the synthesis of complex molecules, such as proteins and fats, from simpler ones by living things. See also anabolic; metabolism.
This means tissue change, and includes all the physical and chemical processes by which the living body is maintained – as well as those by which the energy is made available for various forms of work. The constructive, chemical and physical, processes by which food materials are adapted for the use of the body are collectively known as ANABOLISM. The destructive processes by which energy is produced with the breaking-down of tissues into waste products is known as CATABOLISM. Basal metabolism is the term applied to the energy changes necessary for essential processes such as the beating of the heart, respiration, and maintenance of body warmth. This can be estimated, when a person is placed in a state of complete rest, by measuring the amounts of oxygen and carbon dioxide exchanged during breathing under certain standard conditions. (See also CALORIE.)... metabolism
The outer covering of the two adrenal glands that lie atop each kidney. Embryonically derived from gonad tissue, they make steroid hormones that control electrolytes, the management of fuels, the rate of anabolism, the general response to stress, and maintenance of nonspecific resistance.... adrenal cortex
Promoting anabolism. Specifically, an agent or function that stimulates the organization of smaller substances into larger ones. Examples: making a starch out of sugars, a protein out of amino acids, or making triglycerides out of fatty acids are anabolic functions. Anabolic steroids are internal or external substances that will induce increased body size or mass. The opposite of CATABOLIC.... anabolic
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