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Ethyl alcohol si commercially manufactur...

Ethyl alcohol si commercially manufactured from

A

Wheat

B

Grapes

C

Maize

D

Sugarcane

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D
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum ) is the main source of commercial etheyl alchol. Source is extracted from the juice of sugarcane as a commerical product, but this leaves a syrup called molasses which contains glucose and frutose. Ethanol is produced by the fementation of molasses by using yeast Saccharomyces cervisiae.
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