Gluconeogenesis is a metabolic process in which glucose is generated from non-carbohydrate carbon substrates.

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Endocrine, Diabetes & Metabolism

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Gluconeogenesis is a metabolic process in which glucose is generated from non-carbohydrate carbon substrates.

Which one of the following substrates does NOT share its carbon in glucose skeleton but rather contributes as an energy source for gluconeogenesis?


A- Acetyl CoA
B- Alpha-ketoglutarate
C- Fumarate
D- Oxaloacetate
E- Succinyl CoA