Gujarati
10.Biotechnology and its Application
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Ethyl alcohol is commercially manufactured from

A

Wheat

B

Grapes

C

Maize

D

Sugarcane

Solution

(d) Sugarcane $(Saccharum officinarum)$  is the main source of commercial ethyl alcohol. Source is extracted from the juice of sugarcane as a commercial product, but this leaves a syrup called molasses which contains glucose and fructose. Ethanol is produced by the fermentation of molasses by using yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Standard 12
Biology

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