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Pyruvic acid, the key product of glycolysis can have many metabolic fates. Under aerobic condition it forms:
A
Lactic acid
B
C
Acetyl 
D
Ethanol 
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Verified by ExpertsThe correct answer is:
C
(c) Pyruvate, the product obtained through glycolysis, gets oxidised with the loss of its carboxy group as 
, to give acetyl CoA, under aerobic condition. This acetyl Co-A is further oxidised completely to 
in citric acid cycle.
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