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What happens during lactic acid fermentation?


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Lactic acid fermentation:

  1. During lactic acid fermentation, the pyruvic acid is reduced to lactic acid by lactate dehydrogenase in the absence of oxygen.
  2. NADH is then oxidized to NAD+ in this said process.
  3. Lactic acid fermentation then takes place in muscles during strenuous exercise when oxygen is inadequate to derive the energy through oxidative phosphorylation.

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