What does aerobic respiration of glucose produce in the first step?

A) Lactic acid
B) Lactate
C) Pyruvate
D) Gluconate

Aerobic Respiration

The process by which cells use oxygen to break down glucose and produce ATP, involving the Krebs cycle and electron transport chain.

Pyruvate

An important organic acid in biochemistry, serving as an end product of glycolysis and a substrate for the citric acid cycle.