Before revision:  The shadow prices are to be interpreted as yield coefficients Varma and Palsson, J. theor. Biol. v165, 477; 503 (1993) . In combination with reaction fluxes , they can be used to decorate the metabolic model with a yield flux network.
After revision:  The shadow prices are to be interpreted as yield coefficients  . In combination with reaction fluxes , they can be used to decorate the metabolic model with a yield flux network.