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Explain the why mitochondrion is called “kitchen of the cell”

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Mitochondrion is not called kitchen of the cell. Chloroplast is the kitchen of the cell
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No, mitochondria is actually power house of the cell. It is known as so because all the biochemical reactions for making ATP in the cells take place in it. Chloroplast is the kitchen of the cell because this is where all the food which is glucose is made in a plant cell.

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