KROK 1 2017 – Question 147 · KROK (Medicine) · Biological Chemistry
One of the factors that cause obesity is the inhibition of fatty acids oxidation due to:
- A. Lack of carbohydrates in the diet
- B. Impaired phospholipid synthesis
- C. Choline deficiency
- D. Excessive consumption of fatty foods
- E. Low carnitine content
Hint
Fatty acids must cross the inner mitochondrial membrane before they can be oxidised; ask what carrier system that transport depends on.
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