クエン酸さん回かい路ろ

also: くえんさんかいろ

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Meanings

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citric acid cycle; Krebs cycle; TCA cycle

Biochemistry term for the central metabolic pathway; also called クレブス回路 or TCA回路.

The citric acid cycle takes place inside the mitochondria.

クエン酸さん回かい路ろはエネルギー生せい産さんに重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたす。

The citric acid cycle plays an important role in energy production.

クレブス回かい路ろ
Synonym; クレブス回路 is the eponymous name (Krebs cycle), while クエン酸回路 is the descriptive Japanese term.
TCA回かい路ろ
Synonym; TCA回路 is an abbreviation for tricarboxylic acid cycle, used interchangeably in biochemistry.

クエン酸さん回かい路ろ
Standard modern spelling using katakana for クエン and kanji for 酸回路.
枸く櫞えん酸さん回かい路ろ
Rare kanji spelling using 枸櫞 for クエン; mostly historical or technical.
くえんさんかいろ

From クエン (枸櫞, citron) + 酸 (acid) + 回路 (circuit/cycle), referring to the citric acid cycle. クエン is a loan from Chinese 枸櫞 (jǔyuán).

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