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Chemical Process in Muscle Cells during Exercise

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Chemical Process in Muscle Cells during Exercise

Question

During a strenuous exercise the chemical process represented by the equation below takes place in the human muscle cells.
C6H12O6 → 2CH3CH(OH)COOH+150KJ (substance X)
(a) Name the process represented above
(b) Name substance X

Answer

(a) Anaerobic respiration
(b) Lactic acid