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A primary metabolite a metabolite is directly involved in normal growth, development, and reproduction.
Conversely, a secondary metabolite is not directly involved in those processes, but usually has an important ecological function.
See also
- Metabolism
- Metabolite
- Secondary metabolite
- Antimetabolite
- Metabolic control analysis, a specific kind of control analysis
- Metabolome
- Metabolomics = the study of global metabolite profiles in a system (cell, tissue, or organism) under a given set of conditions.
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