NEET 2004 · Class 11

Photosynthesis in Higher Plants

In C3 plants, the first stable product of photosynthesis during the dark reaction is

  1. (A)malic acid
  2. (B)oxaloacetic acid
  3. (C)3-phosphoglyceric acid
  4. (D)phosphoglyceraldehyde

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The first product identified was **3-phosphoglyceric acid** or in short **PGA**.

Chapter
Photosynthesis in Higher Plants
Section
11.7 WHERE ARE THE ATP AND NADPH USED?
Page
11
Words matched
11 of 11

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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states 'The first product identified was 3-phosphoglyceric acid or in short PGA' which directly matches the correct answer and distinguishes it from the wrong options by specifying it as the first identified product in the context of CO₂ fixation.

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