Why is it that fatty acids and many amino acids CANNOT be converted to glucose?

a. glucose is necessary to start the metabolic processes
b. other organic molecules cannot be converted to glucose
c. they are not used for energy production
d. their catabolic pathways produce acetyl-CoA


Ans: d. their catabolic pathways produce acetyl-CoA

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