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THE esterification of the phosphates may be regarded as the first step of the anaerobic carbohydrate breakdown, not only in lactic acid formation in muscle, but also in alcoholic fermentation. Whereas our earlier studies were principally concerned with the conditions under which this esterification occurs and the quantitative relations connected with it, the stages following esterification lead to the well-known end products, on one hand lactic acid, and on the other hand alcohol and carbon dioxide.
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Biochem. Z., 222, 337, Fig. 8; 1930.
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MEYERHOF, O. Intermediate Products and the Last Stages of Carbohydrate Breakdown in the Metabolism of Muscle and in Alcoholic Fermentation. Nature 132, 337–340 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132337a0
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