Intermediate common to fatty acid and carbohydrate oxidation is ______________.

Pyruvate

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Acetyl CoA

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Oxaloaxetate

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Succinate

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Solution

The correct option is B Acetyl CoA
B. Acetyl CoA
Solution: The oxidation of fatty acid and carbohydrate ultimately forms ATP. The common intermediate in all these oxidation is Acetyl CoA. SAcetyl CoA is snthesized in mitochondria by a number of reactions: oxidative decarboxylation of pyruvate, beta oxidation of fatty acids.
So the correct answer is "Acetyl CoA".

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