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During exercise, phosphocreatine is broken down and used to generate adenosine triphosphate (ATP), your body's main energy source.
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Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 2 May 2025
Your body can use BHB to create energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate ATP.7
Evidence suggests that MCT oil may also help with energy levels.
—Brittany Lubeck, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 25 Feb. 2025
Every organism on Earth has to make the same kind of fuel: a molecule called adenosine triphosphate, or ATP for short.
—Carl Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025
Hydrogen ions, which are also part of lactic acid, and adenosine triphosphate or ATP, which is actually part of what the muscle uses as fuel.
—Outside Online, 16 Jan. 2025
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Elizabeth Barnes, Verywell Health, 2 May 2025
Your body can use BHB to create energy in the form of adenosine triphosphate ATP.7
Evidence suggests that MCT oil may also help with energy levels.
—Brittany Lubeck, Ms, Rdn, Verywell Health, 25 Feb. 2025
Every organism on Earth has to make the same kind of fuel: a molecule called adenosine triphosphate, or ATP for short.
—Carl Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Feb. 2025
Hydrogen ions, which are also part of lactic acid, and adenosine triphosphate or ATP, which is actually part of what the muscle uses as fuel.
—Outside Online, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Adenosine triphosphate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adenosine%20triphosphate. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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adenosine triphosphate
noun
adenosine tri·phos·phate
-trī-ˈfäs-ˌfāt 
: atp
Medical Definition
adenosine triphosphate
noun
adenosine tri·phos·phate
-trī-ˈfäs-ˌfāt
: atp
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