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Pyruvic acid is an alpha-keto acid. Pyruvate plays an important role in biochemical processes. The carboxylate anion of pyruvic acid is known as pyruvate. Pyruvic acid is a colorless liquid with a smell similar to that of acetic acid. It is miscible with water, and soluble in ethanol and diethyl ether. In the laboratory, pyruvic acid may be prepared by heating a mixture of tartaric acid and potassium hydrogen sulfate,...


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If pyruvate could not be converted to lactate in muscle cells during strenuous exercise, what...
If pyruvate could not be converted to lactate in muscle cells during strenuous exercise, what...

Glycolysis would stop. During strenuous exercise the kreb's cycle and the electron transport chain can't keep up with the need for ATP. So the body uses the ATP...

Asked by limeinelcoconut - 1 month ago

What vitamin deficiency would cause an overy high level of pyruvate in a patients blood...
Suppose you found an overly high level pyruvate in a patient's blood and urine. One...

Vitamin B1 deficiency. It is required for transformation of pyruvic acid to acetyl CoA. Vitamin B5 is required for formation of acetyl CoA, also. I guess you could take vitamin...

Asked by ask m - 6 months ago

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    concerns the discrimination of pyruvate from alpha - ketoglutaric acid on test paper at room these two chemicals, except that of by color change? (2) Since pyruvate has a distinct acetyl radical

    Apr 20, 2006

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    I understand the science behind pyruvate and it's involvement in the krebs cycle, and i also pyruvate and i feel like it is not enough. I have heard 1 grams of pyruvate per 10 lbs of body weight

    Aug 25, 2008

  • Creatine/Pyruvate Supplemenatation - 2 replies

    I was wondering if anyone has had adverse reactions to taking creatine or creatine/pyruvate. Having I was wondering if anyone has had adverse reactions to taking creatine or creatine/pyruvate...

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