How are carbohydrates processed before respiration?

Step-by-step solution

Glucose is the favoured substrate for respiration. All carbohydrates are usually first converted into glucose before they are used for respiration . Other substrates can also be respired, as has been mentioned earlier, but then they do not enter the respiratory pathway at the first step. See Figure 12.6 to see the points of entry of different substrates in the respiratory pathway. Fats would need to be broken down into glycerol and fatty acids first. If fatty acids were to be respired they would first be degraded t