Answer:
a. are acid participants in, or by-products of, cellular metabolism
Step-by-step explanation:
cellular metabolism is the process in which several chemical recation stakes place in body. there aretwo type of cellular metabolism - catabolism and anabolsim, which serves for several body functions.
During the chemical reaction of cellular metabolism, many acids are produced which are called metabolic acids. Several metabolic pathways produces different acids such as carboxylic acid, citric acid and amino acid. All the metabolic acid maintains body's functional activities,if any case acid formation increases it causes metabloic acidosis.
Hence, the correct option is a. "Metabolic acids are the acid participants of celular metablosim".