Lactic Acid

Lactic Acid is an organic acid with chemical formula C3H6O3. It is also known as milk acid. When milk sugar (lactose) undergoes fermentation, the product obtained is lactic acid. It is found in cottage cheese, leban, sour milk, yogurt, and Koumiss. Levo and Dextro are two forms of optical isomers of lactic acid. In the year 1780, Carl Wilhelm Scheele a Swedish chemist isolated lactic acid from sour milk for the first time. This compound is water-soluble and white in its solid state whereas it is colourless in its liquid state. The soluble salt of lactic acid like calcium lactate can be used as a source of calcium. The PH of 1 mM of lactic acid is about 3.51.Lactic acid is used in medicine as an intravenous fluid that acts as an isotonic to resuscitate after blood loss.
Lactic acid works as a raw material to produce various polymers.
Lactic acid has wide usage in the food industry because this acid is a good food preservative and flavouring agent.Lactic acid is important in the manufacture of detergent and mosquitoes lure in the chemical industry.Lactic acid can get formed using a synthetic process or fermentation. later on involves the usage of nutrients like amino acids, vitamins, peptides, glucose, and salt. All these nutrients get combined with microbes, which further uses nutrients to give out lactic acid.
Lactate plays an important role in the healing of traumatic brain injuries. The release of norepinephrine in the brain is signalled by lactate.For Personal products and healthcare products.
It acts as a Food preservative.It is used for Paint and coating additives and also used in Furniture care products.It is also used in Textile dyeing and leather tanning.Lactic acid helps in the coagulation of protein in milk.