Citric acid cycle is the alternate name of which of the following?

HMP shunt

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Glycolysis

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TCA cycle

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Calvin cycle

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Solution

The correct option is A TCA cycle
Citric acid cycle or Krebs cycle or tricarboxylic acid cycle are alternative names. Krebs cycle is also known as citric acid cycle, because the first stable compound in this cycle is citric acid and since chemically, citric acid is tricarboxylic acid in nature, it is also known as tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA cycle).

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