PYRUVIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pyruvic acid mean? 

• PYRUVIC ACID (noun)
  The noun PYRUVIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. a colorless acid formed as an important intermediate in metabolism or fermentation

  Familiarity information: PYRUVIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PYRUVIC ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A colorless acid formed as an important intermediate in metabolism or fermentation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("pyruvic acid" is a kind of...):

acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)

 Context examples 

In the first stage, glucose is converted to pyruvic acid via the glycolytic pathway.

(Cell respiration, NCI Thesaurus)

Glycolysis Inhibition involves interference with, or restraint of, the activities of the pathway by which glucose is catabolized into two molecules of pyruvic acid with the generation of ATP.

(Glycolysis Inhibition, NCI Thesaurus)

Glycolysis Induction involves initiation of activities of the pathway by which glucose is catabolized into two molecules of pyruvic acid with the generation of ATP.

(Glycolysis Induction, NCI Thesaurus)

Subsequently, pyruvic acid is metabolized to ultimately yield carbon dioxide and water.

(Cell respiration, NCI Thesaurus)