Pyruvic acid, which is found usually in mammals, was not recognized in the silkworms. The present work was carried out to determine whether, although pyruvic acid is not found in the body fluid ...

Pyruvic acid, the simplest α-ketoacid, plays a central role in sugar metabolism. It is the product of glycolysis, the anaerobic decomposition of glucose. In muscle, it is reduced to lactic acid during ...

Fan Zhang from Sichuan University, China, provided a highly efficient Pt/CdS catalyst, realizing the upcycling of polylactic acid to green hydrogen and value-added pyruvic acid through ...