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Metabolism > Energy Metabolism > Citric Acid Cycle

Preferred term

Citric Acid Cycle  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A series of oxidative reactions in the breakdown of acetyl units derived from GLUCOSE; FATTY ACIDS; or AMINO ACIDS by means of tricarboxylic acid intermediates. The end products are CARBON DIOXIDE, water, and energy in the form of phosphate bonds.

Entry terms

  • Krebs Cycle
  • Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle

In other languages

  • French

  • Cycle de Krebs
  • Cycle de l'acide citrique
  • Cycle de l'acide tricarboxylique
  • Cycle tricarboxylique

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