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•One is that it can get reduced
to lactic acid thereby oxidising NADH to NAD+. This occurs in Lactic acid bacteria, in human muscles and cornea of the
eye.(*)
•On the other hand, it can also
be decarboxylated to acetaldehyde and CO2 and then acetaldehyde is reduced to Ethanol thereby oxidising
NADH.
•The above step occurs in YEAST.
(*)
ANAEROBIC
GLYCOLYSIS