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In the Classroom
Citrate as a Flying Bird: Useful Mnemonics in Teaching the TCA Cycle
Evguenii I. Kozliak
Department of Chemistry, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202

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December 1999
Vol. 76 No. 12
p. 1656

Abstract
A novel tip is recommended: to use the similarity of the citrate molecule to the schematic of a bird. The proposed mnemonics also enable students to draw the chemical structures of two more key TCA cycle intermediates, succinate and malate.

See Letter re: this article.

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*  Citation
Kozliak, Evguenii I. J. Chem. Educ. 1999 76 1656.
*  Keywords
Biochemistry; Organic Chemistry; Nonmajor Courses; Teaching / Learning Aids
*  History
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Last Updated:
November 10, 1999
June 23, 2005
Link to Letter added (April 2004).
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