The cubs eyes are closed and can do little more than nurse and yelp. The tiny bear cubs are just a fraction of one percent the mother bearâs weight, compared to an eight-pound human baby is about seven percent the weight of a 120-pound mother.
A carbocation (/ËkÉËrboÊËkÃ¦taÉªÉn/) is an ion with a positively charged carbon atom.
In carbohydrate metabolism, acetyl CoA is the link between glycolysis and the citric acid cycle. The initiating step of the citric acid cycle occurs when a four carbon compound (oxaloacetic acid) condenses with acetyl CoA (2 carbons) to form citric acid (6 carbons). The whole purpose of a turn of the citric acid cycle is to produce two carbon dioxide molecules.