NEET2022BotanyRespiration in PlantsActual
What amount of energy is released from glucose during lactic acid fermentation?
Options
- AMore than 18 %
- BAbout 10 %
- CLess than 7 %
- DApproximately 15 %
Correct answer
C. Less than 7 %
Step-by-step solution
Lactic acid fermentation is a type of anaerobic metabolic process. This usually takes place in some bacteria and even in muscle cells of animals and human beings. In lactic acid fermentation NADH . H + transfers its electrons directly to pyruvate, generating lactate as a by-product. Less than seven percent of the energy in glucose is released in this process.