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of ATP is much slower than when glycogen plasm to regulate contraction) and at the sar-
is used (1.5 mmol/kg/sec for free fatty acids colemma. However, this system is not a
compared with 3 mmol/kg/sec for glycogen major contributor to postmortem metabo-
utilized aerobically and 5 mmol/kg/sec when lism, as the supplies are depleted fairly
glycogen is used in anaerobic glycolysis) rapidly.
(Joanisse 2004). In general, glycogen is the preferred
Aerobic metabolism, the most efficient substrate for the generation of ATP, either
energy system, requires oxygen to operate, through the oxidative phosphorylation or
and that oxygen is supplied by the blood through anaerobic glycolysis (Fig. 1.1). One
supply to the muscle and by the oxygen trans- of the key steps in the fate of glycogen is
porter, myoglobin
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