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Primary metabolites are directly involved in food conversion for growth and reproduction. | Primary metabolites are directly involved in food conversion for growth and reproduction. | ||
| − | Secondary metabolites serve other ecological functions. | + | Secondary metabolites or ''functional metabolites'' serve other ecological functions. |
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolite | See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolite | ||
Latest revision as of 15:36, 5 October 2021
Definition of Metabolite:
Small organic molecules produced by life-sustaining chemical reactions in an organism.
This is the common definition for Metabolite, other definitions can be discussed in the article
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Primary metabolites are directly involved in food conversion for growth and reproduction.
Secondary metabolites or functional metabolites serve other ecological functions.
