NAD
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Anoxic regeneration of NAD + is only an effective means of energy production during short, intense exercise in vertebrates, for a period ranging from 10 seconds to 2 minutes during a maximal effort in humans.
During the metabolism of alcohol via the respective dehydrogenases, NAD ( Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide ) is converted into reduced NAD.
In the absence of oxygen the citric acid cycle will cease to function due to the lack of available NAD + and FAD.
NADH is then no longer oxidized and the citric acid cycle ceases to operate because the concentration of NAD + falls below the concentration that these enzymes can use.
NAD + is the electron acceptor in the oxidation reaction.
Nicotinamide Nicotinamide may be obtained from the diet where it is present primarily as NAD+ and NADP+.