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Learning Goals:
1. The pentose phosphate pathway provides reducing equivalents in the form of NADPH to drive biochemical
processes within cells.
2. The PPP is composed of 2 stages: an oxidative stage generating NADPH and a non-oxidative stage generating
various sugars.
3. Defects in this pathway common medical syndromes (hemolytic anemia)