What is the importance of metabolic water?

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What is the importance of metabolic water?..

Answer / himaja

Important feature of fatty acid oxidation is production of
metabolic water.a mole of palmitic acid on oxidation
produces 16 moles of water.It serves both as a source of
energy and source of water needed to help sustain the animal
for extended perios of time in desert.

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What is the importance of metabolic water?..

Answer / emma

when the triglycerides oxidized in respiration they are
converted into carbon dioxide and water. The water is may
be important in dry habitats
E.g:Kangroo rat never drinks water and survives on
metabolic water from its intake .

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