Body and drug basics
ATP (Adenosine Triphosphate)
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The primary energy currency of cells. ATP is produced by mitochondria and powers most cellular processes.
Why it matters here
A mechanism entry here that talks about energy production is talking about ATP being made. What the corpus records is which compounds are filed under those mechanisms and what rung of evidence each claim sits on; it holds no measurement of how anyone felt.
What it is not
Feeling energetic is not an ATP measurement, and no record here should be read as joining the two.
Also called
- atp
- adenosine triphosphate
- adenosine-triphosphate
- energy currency
Commonly described as the cell's energy currency, which is the phrase this definition uses.
Compounds carrying this term
None on file yet. This term is in the controlled vocabulary but no compound record currently uses it — which is a statement about our coverage, not about the term.