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Yeast converts pyruvic acid under anaerobic conditions into which products?
ACO2 and ethanol
BLactic acid only
CAcetyl CoA and water
DCitric acid and oxygen
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. CO2 and ethanol
In alcoholic fermentation pyruvic acid is decarboxylated to CO2 and then reduced to ethanol.
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