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Fermentation

Question

What are the products of lactic acid fermentation?

Easy

A

Lactic acid and CO₂
B

Lactic acid and NADH+H⁺
C

Lactic acid, NADH+H⁺ and CO₂
D

Only lactic acid

Solution

In animal cells, like muscles during exercise, when oxygen is inadequate for cellular respiration pyruvic acid is reduced to lactic acid by lactate dehydrogenase.
CH₃COCOOH (Pyruvic acid) $\overset{Lactate dehydrogenase}{\to}$ CH₃CHOHCOOH (Lactic acid)

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