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The pentose phosphate pathway (PPP):

 Two stages:

          1) Oxidative (irreversible)
                     • Products:
                                → Ribulose 5-phosphate (nucleotide synthesis)
                                → NADPH (fatty acid synthesis, detoxification,

              reduction of glutathione)

          2) Nonoxidative (reversible)
                     • Conversion of Ribulose 5-phosphate to intermediates
                         of glycolysis.
                     • Production of Ribulose 5-phosphate from
                         intermediates of glycolysis.

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