Is NADH oxidized or reduced?
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It is reduced.
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As electrons are negatively charged, the combination of the positively charged NAD+ and H+, coupled with two electrons, effectively cancel each other out and neutralize the resulting NADH molecule.
During glycolysis, only two ATP molecules are produced. NADH is then oxidized to transform the pyruvates made in glycolysis into lactic acid.
NADH is a crucial coenzyme in making ATP. It exists in two forms in the cell: NAD+ and NADH. The first form, NAD+, is called the oxidized form. When a molecule is in an oxidized state, it means it can accept electrons, tiny negatively charged particles, from another molecule.
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