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Nutritional Biochemistry

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Riboflavin derivative that accepts two electrons without ever falling out of dietary fashion (3)
Hydrophobic nutrient stored when caloric intake exceeds immediate burning (5)
Nutritional intake that alters liver glutamate dehydrogenase activity in 48 hours (4)
Disaccharide partner of glucose and fructose cleaved by intestinal brush borders (7)
Universal biological currency that loses its value by spending a phosphate (3)
Adipokine messenger informing the hypothalamus that fat stores are full (6)
Hepatic alarm bell signaling the release of stored glycogen during fasting (8)
Mitochondrial ferry required for long-chain fatty acids to cross inner membranes (9)
Colloidal lipid spheres formed with bile salts to escort fats to the brush border (7)
Pellagra-preventing nutrient converted into NAD+ for electron shuffling (6)
Bitter hepatic detergent sent to break down dinner's lipids (4)
Heavy metal essential for holding cellular breath in hemoglobin (4)
Nitrogenous building block prefix forming peptide bonds in protein synthesis (5)
Proton donor paired with amino or fatty prefixes in digestive biochemistry (4)

One-carbon metabolic merchant critical for nucleotide synthesis (6)
Vitamin B7 coenzyme binding tightly to egg white avidin (6)
Three-carbon product standing at the crossroads of glycolysis and aerobic respiration (8)
Alternative fuel molecule spilled into urine during carbohydrate restriction (6)
Most abundant free amino acid feeding enterocytes and immune sentinels (9)
Anaerobic end-product shuttled via the Cori cycle back to the liver (7)
Fat-soluble scavenger intercepting lipid peroxyl radicals in membrane bilayers (10)
Constructive branch of metabolism assembling structural polymers from simpler precursors (9)
Final movement in a metabolic sequence or musical phrase (4)