Question

Why is krebs cycle also known as citric cycle

Answer 1

It is called tricarboxylic acid cycle because the citric acid is both the first product and the final reactant, and it contains three carboxyl groups.

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Answer 2

It is also called citric cycle because its content are used over and over again. They undergo changes but they change back to their original content.
It is actually a part of cellular respiration in which oxidized pyruvate i.e 2 carbon compound undergo cycle to produce ATP.Also NADPH2 and FADH2 which is finally changed to ATP in ETC (next step of kreb cycle).
ATP as you know the power of