Cellular waste product

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Cellular waste product

Cellular waste products are formed as a byproduct of cellular respiration

Cellular respiration

Cellular respiration is the set of the metabolism reactions and processes that take place in organisms' cell s to convert Energy from nutrients into adenosine triphosphate , and then release waste products....
, a series of processes and reactions that generate energy for the cell, in the form of ATP

Adenosine triphosphate

This article is about the chemical used by cells as an energy carrier. For other uses, see ATP .Adenosine-5'-triphosphate is a multifunctional nucleotide, and plays an important role in cell biology as a coenzyme that is the "molecule unit of currency" of intracellular energy transfer....
. Two examples of cellular respiration creating cellular waste products are aerobic respiration and anaerobic respiration

Anaerobic respiration

Anaerobic respiration is the process of generating energy through cellular respiration , without the use of oxygen....
.

in the presence of oxygen, cells use aerobic respiration to obtain energy from glucose

Glucose

Glucose , a monosaccharide also known as grape sugar, blood sugar, or corn sugar, is a very important carbohydrate in biology....
molecules.

Simplified Theoretical Reaction: C₆H₁₂O_{6 (aq)} + 6O_{2 (g)} ? 6CO_{2 (g)} + 6H₂O_(l) ?H_c -2880KJ

In aerobic respiration, the cellular waste products are:

Anaerobic respiration
When oxygen is not available, a cell must undergo anaerobic respiration to generate energy.

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Aerobic respiration

When in the presence of oxygen, cells use aerobic respiration to obtain energy from glucose

Glucose

carbon dioxide (CO₂)
Carbon dioxide

Carbon dioxide is a chemical compound composed of two oxygen atoms covalent bond to a single carbon atom. It is a gas at standard temperature and pressure and exists in Earth's atmosphere in this state....
water (H₂O)
Water

Water is a common chemical substance that is essential for the survival of all known forms of life. In typical usage, water refers only to its liquid form or States of matter, but the substance also has a solid state, ice, and a gaseous state, water vapor or steam....
water=h20

Anaerobic respiration

When oxygen is not available, a cell must undergo anaerobic respiration to generate energy. Fermentation

Fermentation (biochemistry)

Fermentation is the process of deriving energy from the Redox of organic compounds, such as carbohydrates, using an Endogeny electron acceptor, which is usually an organic compound....
is an example of anaerobic respiration.

Simplified Theoretical Reaction: C₆H₁₂O₆ 2C₃H₆O₃ + 2 ATP (120 kJ)

In anaerobic respiration, the cellular waste product is:

Lactic acid (C₃H₆O₃)
Lactic acid

Lactic acid , also known as milk acid, is a chemical compound that plays a role in several biochemistry processes. It was first isolated in 1780 by a Swedish chemist, Carl Wilhelm Scheele, and is a carboxylic acid with a chemical formula of C3H6O3....

Cellular waste product

Aerobic respiration

Anaerobic respiration

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