metabolism 新陳代謝

metabolism
繁：新陳代謝
简：新陈代谢

由於生理時鐘負責調節生物的行為，如賀爾蒙水平、新陳代謝等，這機制有助解釋為何人類在長途旅行後出現時差問題，以及增加患上某種疾病的風險。

諾貝爾醫學獎揭盅 美3科學家研生理時鐘奪殊榮（2017年10月2日）。on.cc 東網，取自 http://hk.on.cc/int/bkn/cnt/news/20171002/bknint-20171002172706881-1002_17011_001.html

“With exquisite precision, our inner clock adapts our physiology to the dramatically different phases of the day,” committee members noted. “The clock regulates critical functions such as behavior, hormone levels, sleep, body temperature and metabolism.”

2017 Nobel Prize in Medicine Goes to 3 Americans for Body Clock Studies. (2017, October 2). New York Times. Retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/health/nobel-prize-medicine.html