Exploring the Southern Constellations. September 2008 : In the summer of 1865, noted American newspaperman and politician Horace Greeley penned, in an editorial, an admonishment to young civil servants in Washington DC. Greeley urged those who complained of low pay grades in the Capitol area to âGo west, young man!â.
When your muscles can't get enough oxygen during a short burst of exercise, they start to make use of a pathway called lactic acid fermentation, which generates a small three-carbon compound called lactic acid or lactate as a byproduct of glucose breakdown.
In this oxygen-deprived state, the muscle cells switch to an anaerobic process called glycolysis, which generates energy from breaking down glucose. Lactic Acid Fermentation Glycolysis is a metabolic reaction in which glucose is broken down to produce a substance called pyruvate. Pyruvate is the end product of the process of glycolysis, and it supplies energy to the muscles. Pyruvate provides energy to cells when oxygen is present by oxidizing to produce carbon dioxide.