The number of ATP molecules formed during the complete oxidation of the glucose molecule.

In the process of complete oxidation of the glucose molecule, 36 molecules of adinosine triphosphoric acid are formed.

The breakdown of oxygen takes place on the inner folded surfaces of the membrane structures of mitochondria, cristae, so named from the Latin word cristos, which means plume or facet. Substances of the previous decay (i.e. citric and tricarboxylic acids) from the eponymous tricarboxylic acid cycle, which was named after its discoverer, Krebs, decay to the final decay products, carbon dioxide, and plain water.