Fats are broken down into glycerol and fatty acids with a series of chemical reactions occurring in the digestive tract. The fatty acids are then absorbed through the small intestine and enter lacteals. The excess of such fatty acids gets converted into fats and are stored in the adipose tissue present in the subcutaneous layer. Under starvation, the fatty acids are mobilized to be used as energy during cellular respiration. These fatty acids during cellular respiration are first broken down into

Options

A. Pyruvate
B. Succinate
C. Oxaloacetic acid
D. Acetyl Co-A

Answer

D