Assertion: citric acid | /r/HasProperty | an intermediate
Facets:
value: through the tca cycle
type: TEMPORAL
value: in biochemistry
type: OTHER
value: in aerobic metabolism
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Various plants, especially citrus fruits such as lemon and orange, contain large quantities of citric acid, and citric acid is ubiquitous in nature because it is an intermediate in aerobic metabolism through the TCA cycle whereby carbohydrates are oxidized to carbon dioxide.
text: Citric acid is an intermediate organic compound in the tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, found naturally in citrus fruits, pineapples, pears and crystallised as calcium citrate.
text: In biochemistry, it is an intermediate in the citric acid cycle, which occurs in the metabolism of all aerobic organisms.