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Acetyl-CoA generated from the metabolism of fatty acid can be conveed into all of the following, except:

A
Glucose
B
Fatty Acids
C
Cholesterol
D
Ketone bodies
High-Yield Explanation
In humans and animals Acetyl-CoA cannot be used to synthesise glucose. Pyruvate or oxaloacetate is needed as the staing material for glucose production gluconeogenesis. Humans and animals do not possess the enzymes needed to conve Acetyl-CoA to pyruvate. Ref: General, Organic and Biological Chemistry By H. Stephen Stoker, Page 943

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