Alternate name of Krebs' cycle is

TCA cycle

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citric acid cycle

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both (a) and (b)

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none of these

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Solution

The correct option is C both (a) and (b)
Krebs' cycle was discovered by Sir Hans Krebs in 1937 (Nobel Prize in 1953) and thus is names so. Krebs' cycle is also called as citric acid cycle or tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle) after the name of its first product. Citric acid is a tricarboxylic 6-carbon compound.

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