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Metabolism > Energy Metabolism > Citric Acid Cycle

Preferred term

Citric Acid Cycle  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Entry terms

  • Cycle, Krebs
  • Cycles, Tricarboxylic Acid
  • Cycle, Tricarboxylic Acid
  • Krebs Cycle
  • Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle
  • Tricarboxylic Acid Cycles

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 85; was KREBS CYCLE 1963-84

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D002952

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