Q. During the exercise, pyruvic acid is reduced to

A) Lactic acid
B) Fumaric acid
C) Glutamic acid
D) Oxaloacetic acid
Explanation

Like the bacterial respiration, in animal cells during the exercise when oxygen is inadequate for cellular respiration pyruvic acid is reduced to lactic acid by lactate dehydrogenase. The reducing agent is $NADH + H^{+}$ which is reoxidised to $NAD^{+}$ in both the process

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