anaerobic glycolysis
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anaerobic glycolysis
(¦an·ə¦rōb·ik glī′käl·ə·səs)
(biochemistry) A metabolic pathway in plants by which, in the absence of oxygen, hexose is broken down to lactic acid and ethanol with some adenosinetriphosphate synthesis.
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anaerobic glycolysis
oxygen-independent glycolysis
The incomplete breakdown of carbohydrate to form pyruvic acid. During anaerobic glycolysis. there is a net production of only two molecules of ATP for each molecule of glucose. See lactic acid system.
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