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Basically, carbohydrates such as glucose, sucrose etc.

It is actually pyruvate which gets converted into lactic acid.

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Lactose - a sugar.

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What does lactic acid fermentation converted into lactic acid?

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When o2 supply is inadequate pyuvate is converted to?

Pyruvate is converted to ethanol in alcohol fermentation.It is converted to lactic acid in lactic acid fermentation.


What happens to pyruvic acid after there is no oxygen?

If oxygen is present it is converted to Acetyl-CoA and enters citric acid cycle If oxygen is not present is will become lactic acid and /or ethanol


What is pyruvic acid converted to when there is a inadequate oxygen?

Lactic Acid.


When oxygen is scarce cellular pyruvic acid will be converted to?

lactic acid


What is used up during lactic acid fermentation?

Simple sugars are converted to lactic acid in anaerobic respiration.


Anaerobic conditions in animals pyruvate is converted to what?

Lactic acid


Which type of fermentation sometimes occurs in humans?

lactic acid fermentation takes place in the humanbeings during strenous exercise during which pyruvic acid is converted into lactic acid and further lactic acid (during cori cycle) will be converted back to pyruvate when cells get enough oxygen after the exercise.


80 percent of the lactic acid produced by skeletal muscle is converted to pyruvic acid in the?

Liver


During which fermentation is a kind of acid converted into another acid without using oxygen?

lactic acid into a neutral lactate


What is acid fermentation?

Lactic acid fermentation is the process in which sugars are converted into cellular energy and the metabolic byproduct lactate.


What is lactic acid and why does this increase the muscles?

When muscles are working hard and not enough oxygen is available the Kreb's cycle shuts down and the end product of glycolysis, pyruvic acid gets converted to lactic acid.