Pasteur effect

noun

The phenomenon in which the cellular presence of oxygen causes in cells a decrease in the rate of glycolysis and also a suppression of lactate accumulation.

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Meanings

nounPasteur effect (plural Pasteur effects)

plural Pasteur effects

  1. biochemistryThe phenomenon in which the cellular presence of oxygen causes in cells a decrease in the rate of glycolysis and also a suppression of lactate accumulation.

Origin

Named after Louis Pasteur who first described the effect in 1857.

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Pasteur effect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pasteur%20effect

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