pyruvic acid
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Pyruvic acid is the simplest type of alpha-keto acid, a category of organic compounds with a specific chemical structure. It plays an important role in your body's metabolism, serving as a key link between carbohydrate, fat, and protein breakdown and energy production.
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Research
11,877 papers- Enteric coronavirus PDCoV evokes a non-Warburg effect by hijacking pyruvic acid as a metabolic hub.Redox biology · 2024
- Pyruvic acid prevents Cu(2+)/Zn(2+)-induced neurotoxicity by suppressing mitochondrial injury.Biochemical and biophysical research communications · 2018
- Biotechnological production of pyruvic acid.Applied microbiology and biotechnology · 2001
- Production of pyruvic acid from glycerol by Yarrowia lipolytica.Folia microbiologica · 2019
- Pyruvic acid stress caused color attenuation by interfering with anthocyanins metabolism during alcoholic fermentation.Food chemistry · 2022
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Names
Preferred IUPAC name 2-Oxopropanoic acid