Alternate name of Krebs' cycle is

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Alternate name of Krebs' cycle is (A) TCA cycle (B) citric acid cycle (C) both (a) and (b) (D) none of these

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Krebs' cycle was discovered by Sir Hans Krebs in 1937 (Nobel Prize in 1953) and thus is named 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.

Q. Alternate name of Krebs' cycle is

$TC A$ cycle

citric acid cycle

both (a) and (b)

none of these

Krebs' cycle was discovered by Sir Hans Krebs in $1937$ (Nobel Prize in $1953$ ) and thus is named so. Krebs' cycle is also called as citric acid cycle or tricarboxylic acid cycle ( $TC A$ cycle) after the name of its first product. Citric acid is a tricarboxylic $6$ -carbon compound.