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Introduction: Under normal conditions, pyruvate undergoes further oxidation for yielding energy, but when the conditions in muscles become anaerobic due to a lot of strenuous activity, oxidation of pyruvate does not occur. Instead, pyruvate is converted to lactate by lactate dehydrogenase enzyme.

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