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Benzene

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I've been keeping an eye on Metabolism lately, and I see the latest reverted edit may have some significant information. An IP, 24.154.111.112, added the following to the TOP of the article:

Benzene as it applies to Metabolism on a cellular level is not an organic solvent. It is however, on a microscopic scale, a quantum coupling agent. There is a very large difference between organic solvents and quantum coupling agents on a microscopic scale.

Now, while the position of this text at the top of the page was non-standard, the material itself might be worthy of attention. The only mention of Benzene in the article is the following:

Key biochemicals → Lipids

[...] Lipids are usually defined as hydrophobic or amphipathic biological molecules that will dissolve in organic solvents such as benzene or chloroform. [...]

So, does it mislead readers who will infer that benzene is used by the body to dissolve lipids? I've read that Benzene is metabolized mostly in the liver and very quickly. Its byproducts are used by our cells to produce more energy. If, as the IP suggests, Benzene is not used to dissolve lipids, then this article should not tell readers that it does, isn't that so? I'm not an expert and will gladly defer to those who are. – Paine Ellsworth CLIMAX! 08:38, 2 October 2013 (UTC)Reply

That edit sounds like gibberish to me, I don't think benzene is a normal part of any organism's metabolism. It is one of many foreign substances that can be degraded by xenobiotic metabolism/ Tim Vickers (talk) 20:10, 9 November 2021 (UTC)Reply

Hello, about this talk . I found the original source which was from OXFORD DICTIONARY OF Biochemistry and Molecular Biology which published at 2000 . The book has been revised at 2006 and defined the lipid can be dissolved with lipid solvent, not organic solvent. I want to edit the article but i am afraid to do that cause of these article was an FA. I found another mislead resource about steroid as major classes of lipid. I have been known that steroid is not that, but the sterol is the major class. They are different definition. Anyone can give me advice to edit that. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3995129/ this is my source User:Agus Damanik|User talk:Agus Damanik Agus Damanik (talk) 14:16, 6 June 2020 (UTC)Reply

Physical Education

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Give the function of Matabolism 41.57.95.90 (talk) 14:53, 13 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

WP:URFA/2020

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A few unsourced sentences and 3 unsourced images (File:Human Metabolism - Pathways.jpg, File:Catabolism schematic.svg, File:Insulin glucose metabolism ZP.svg). A455bcd9 (talk) 14:41, 3 December 2022 (UTC)Reply

List out the factors required for metabolism which are obtained from external environment

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List out the factors required for metabolism which are obtained from external environment 2409:4073:18A:44DC:3375:72C1:26A0:41E7 (talk) 01:42, 12 June 2024 (UTC)Reply