Endergonique
A endergonic reaction is a Chemical reaction requiring a contribution of energy to be able to be carried out. In Biology, all the reactions of the Anabolisme are endergonic. The opposite of a endergonic reaction is a reaction Exergonique.
Étymologiquement, endo- (grc ἔνδον) means “in inside” and ergo- (grc ἔργον) “work, here of a reaction requiring the contribution of a certain “work” in the broad sense, i.e. of a certain energy.
See too
- second law of thermodynamics
- opposite: Exergonique
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