Toxicity testing part 4
Mitochondria tests Mitochondria are the energy producing furnaces of the body’s cells. Fats, carbohydrates and proteins can be metabolised to produce the body’s energy molecule called ATP. ATP (ADP+P) is shuttled across the mitochondrial membrane by translocator (TL) proteins in to the cytosol where is produces energy, ADP is then taken back in to the … Read more
