The origin of pyruvic acid in muscle
- 1 January 1932
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal
- Vol. 26 (3) , 759-771
- https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0260759
Abstract
Evidence is given which indicates that it is neither an intermediate in lactic acid formation nor a product of direct oxidation of lactic acid. It is suggested that the precursor of pyruvic acid is methyl-glyoxal.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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