Citrate

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Uses 3 Function 4 Notes 5 More General Terms 6 Additional Terms 7 Internet Database 8 References

More Specific Terms

• calcium citrate (Citracal)
• hydroxycitrate
• magnesium citrate (citrate of magnesia)

Uses

• preservative
• food additive

• adds an acidic, or sour, taste to foods & soft drinks

Function

• intermediary metabolite in the citric acid cycle

Notes

• present in fruits & vegetables, especially citrus fruits
• lemons & limes have the highest concentration

• as much as 8% of dry weight
• ~ 47 g/L in the juices [2]

• oranges & grapefruit have much less citric acid than lemons & limes (< 0.2% citric acid by dry weight)

More General Terms

• carboxylate
• intermediary metabolite
• metabolic agent (metabolic modifier)

Additional Terms

• citric acid cycle, Krebs cycle or tricarboxylic acid [TCA] cycle
• sodium citrate/citric acid (Bicitra)

Internet Database

PubChem: 311
PubChem: 22230
PubChem: 31248

References

1. Wikipedia: Citric acid [1]
2. Penniston KL Quantitative assessment of citric acid in lemon juice, lime juice, and commercially-available fruit juice products. J Endourol. 2008 Mar;22(3):567-70. PMID: [2]

citrate (citric acid)