Glucose undergoes a series of transformations and gets converted into pyruvate molecules. Additionally, these reactions yield ATP and reduce NAD+ to NADH.
It is breakdown of glucose to extract energy. It is a cytoplasmic pathway , occurring in nearly all organisms , which breaks down glucose into two three-carbon compounds and generates energy. It does not use oxygen , and is therefore anaerobic.
Anaerobic - The glycolytic pathway operates in the absence of oxygen.
Coenzymes - Accepts high energy electrons and protons ion becoming it’s reduced form.