NUTRITION
NUTRITION ENERGY
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Question
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What is the term used to describe the breakdown of glucose to pyruvate in the absence of oxygen?
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Aerobic glycolysis
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Glycogenesis
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Anaerobic glycolysis
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Glycogenlysis
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Glycolysis is the process by which glucose is broken down within the cytoplasm of a cell to form pyruvate.
Detailed explanation-2: -Glycolysis ultimately splits glucose into two pyruvate molecules. One can think of glycolysis as having two phases that occur in the cytosol of cells.
Detailed explanation-3: -(Glucose) (ethanol) (carbon dioxide) (ATP) Final answer: When the breakdown of glucose occurs without the use of oxygen, it is called anaerobic respiration.
Detailed explanation-4: -When oxygen is not present, pyruvate will undergo a process called fermentation. In the process of fermentation the NADH + H+ from glycolysis will be recycled back to NAD+ so that glycolysis can continue.
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