What are the two main products of the pentose-phosphate pathway? Give their importance.

NADH - important for reductive biosynthesis, antioxidant defense, and detoxification

Glucose-6-phosphate - essential for nucleotide and nucleic acid synthesis and the formation of various coenzymes.

NADPH - important for reductive biosynthesis, antioxidant defense, and detoxification

Ribose-5-phosphate - essential for nucleotide and nucleic acid synthesis and the formation of various coenzymes.

Fructose 6-phosphate - plays a role in glycolysis

NAD⁺ - used to oxidize some reactants in glycolysis

Ribose-5-phosphate - plays a role in glycolysis

NADPH - used to oxidize some reactants in glycolysis