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Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Acyclic > Tricarboxylic Acids

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Tricarboxylic Acids  

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  • Acid, Tricarboxylic
  • Tricarboxylic Acid

Note

  • /metab is probably TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE

Scope note

  • Organic compounds that are acyclic and contain three acid groups. A member of this class is citric acid which is the first product formed by reaction of pyruvate and oxaloacetate. (From Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 1982, p443)

History note

  • 72; was ACIDS, TRICARBOXYLIC 1971

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