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Explain the role of yeast in the preparation of alcohol.

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- The enzymes produced by yeast carry out the conversion of sugar into ethanol and carbon dioxide in the absence of oxygen.
- This process is called fermentation. ​
- Fermentation is the chemical process by which molecules such as glucose are broken down anaerobically. ​

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