Structured Summary
Abstract
Organic compounds that are acyclic and contain three acid groups. A member of this class is citric acid which is the first product formed by reaction of pyruvate and oxaloacetate. (From Lehninger, Principles of Biochemistry, 1982, p443)
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- Tricarboxylic Acid
- Acid, Tricarboxylic
- Acids, Tricarboxylic
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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, urine.
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Indexing Annotation
/metab is probably TRICARBOXYLIC ACID CYCLE
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History Note
72; was ACIDS, TRICARBOXYLIC 1971
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- Acids (1966-1970)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Tricarboxylic Acids. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014233. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014233
- Tricarboxylic Acids. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricarboxylic_acid
- Tricarboxylic Acids. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2823314