How is lactic acid produced in muscles?

Answer 1

A clear odourless hygroscopic syrupy liquid, CH3CH(OH)COOH, with a sour taste; r.d. 1.206; m.p. 18°C; b.p. 122°C. It is prepared by the hydrolysis of ethanal cyanohydrin or the oxidation of propan-1,2-diol using dilute nitric acid. Lactic acid is manufactured by the fermentation of lactose (from milk) and used in the dyeing and tanning industries. It is an alpha hydroxycarboxylic-acidscarboxylicacid.

Lactic acid is produced from pyruvic acid in active muscle tissue when oxygen is limited and subsequently removed for conversion to glucose by the liver. During strenuous exercise it may build up in the muscles, causing cramplike pains. It is also produced by fermentation in certain bacteria and is characteristic of sour milk.

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Answer 2

your cells don't use oxygen to respire aerobicly ( oxygen + glucose -> CO2 + water + energy) because it is all used up, so they convert glucose directly to energy which has the bi product of lactic acid ( Glucose -> Lactic acid + energy).

After the activity you breathe heavily because you need to work off the 'oxygen debt by converting the painful lactic acid into CO2 and water (Oxygen + Lactic acid -> CO2 + water).

So the simple answer is there isn't enough oxygen for aerobic respiration.

Answer 3

Lactic acid builds up in muscle cells due to prolonged glycolysis during exercise when 02 is inefficient for the krebs cycle. So, in order to produce ATP, the muscle cells resort to glycolysis. However, this process produces lactic acid as a side-product. It builds up in the muscle when it's uptake rate into the liver is less than it's production rate, thus producing the "burns" that exercise-loving people love so much.

Answer 4

Lactic acid is produced in white muscle fiber due to anaerobic respiration. Anaerobic respiration is carried out without oxygen and so the sugar is broken down to lactic acid instead of undergoing the citric acid cycle after glycolysis.

Answer 5

Lactic acid can be produced naturally or syntheticly. it is produced by fermantation

Answer 6

When you run you don't always use the oxygen and so because of this the body makes a sign to tell you to stop and breathe.

Answer 7

it is produced when the person has been affected by asotopictomen, it is a special word for i have no clue