What Are The Two Main Functions Of The Pentose Phosphate Pathway?

What Are The Two Main Functions Of The Pentose Phosphate Pathway? The pentose phosphate shunt pathway (Fig. 3.6) has two major roles: provision of NADPH that is utilized in biosynthetic reactions and oxidative defense, and generation of 5-carbon intermediates that are precursors for nucleic acids (Dringen et al., 2007). What is the main function of