what are the end products formed during fermentation in yeast? under what conditions a similar process takes place in our body that leads to muscle cramps?
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The end products formed during fermentation in yeast are carbon dioxide and ethanol.
The process of fermentation also takes place in muscles and produces lactic acid in the absence of oxygen.
As a result of lactic acid accumulation, muscular cramps occur.
What is the fermentation process?
- The chemical process during which the breakdown of glucose takes place in the absence of air is called fermentation.
- Wine and beer are also produced by using the fermentation process.
- Broadly speaking, the term fermentation was introduced by French Chemist Louis Pasteur who coined the term after recognizing the evolution of CO2 gas at the end of the 17th century.
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The end products formed during fermentation in yeast are ethanol and carbon dioxide. A similar process occurs in the muscles and produces lactic acid during anaerobic respiration in the muscles. Accumulation of lactic acid in the muscle cells lead to muscular cramps
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