NEETBiologyRespiration in PlantsMCQ+4 / −1
In which one of the following do the two names refer to one and same thing?
- AKrebs' cycle and Calvin cycle
- BTricarboxylic acid cycle and citric acid cycle
- CCitric acid cycle and Calvin cycle
- DTricarboxylic acid cycle and urea cycle
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Correct answer: B
TCA cycle is so called because the first stable product formed in the cycle is a tricarboxylic acid molecule, that is, citric acid. Hence, the name citric acid cycle. It is also called the Krebs cycle as it was discovered by Krebs.
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