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A. HCA stands for hydroxycitric acid. Hoffman-LaRoche, an international pharmaceutical company, and Brandeis University researchers began investigating HCA in the early 1970’s. They found the form of HCA was a potent and competitive inhibitor of citrate lyase, an enzyme found primarily in the liver which is vital in regulating fat metabolism.
