a Pentose Phosphate Metabolic Pathway in Human Erythrocytes.

Ten years ago, the glycolytic system as elucidated by Embden, Meyerhof and others, along with the tricarboxylic acid system as elucidated by Krebs and others, was believed to be the sole pathway of carbohydrate metabolism. Other reactions, known to be concerned with the metabolism of carbohydrates, were considered to be side reactions of the major scheme. [...