Aging

Glossary (Aging) Part 3

NAD (nicotine adenine dinucleotide) Accepts a hydride ion (H), produced by the Krebs cycle, forming NADH, the main carrier of electrons for oxidative phosphorylation. NADH dehydrogenase Removes electrons from NADH and passes them down the electron transport chain. nanometer (nm) Equal to 10-9 meters or 10-3 microns. National Institutes of Health (NIH) A biomedical research […]