Citric Acid Cycle

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
CAC
Pronunciation
/ˈsɪtrɪk ˈæsəd ˈsaɪkəl/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. Your proposed sequence must not involve the net consumption of other citric acid cycle intermediates.
  2. Similarly, the citric acid cycle oxidizes acetate stepwise into CO2 with a net energy yield.
  3. Combinations of pyruvate with some of the citric acid cycle intermediates individually also significantly enchanted the respiratory rate of mitochondrial preparations, which may approach or reach the level of α - glycerophosphate oxidation.
  4. Analysis of metabolic pathway indicated that several abnormal metabolism happened in vivo of FD female patients, including citric acid cycle, urea cycle, lipid and amino acid metabolism and other metabolic pathway.
  5. Succinic acid, a intermediate in citric acid cycle, is produced by microbial metabolism. It has widely potential and practical use in several fields, such as medicine, food, chemistry et al.

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