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Lactic acid properties, applications and production: A review
2013-03-01
Abstract excerpt
Lactic acid was discovered in 1780 by C.W. Scheele in sour milk, and in 1881 Fermi obtained lactic acid by fermentation, resulting in its industrial production. The yearly world lactic acid production is expected to reach 259,000 metric tons by the year 2012. The interest in lactic acid is related to many aspects, among which is its relatively high added-value. In addition, such a chemical is GRAS (Generally Recog...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 681a2be0-cce5-59fd-8c2c-64563cf84d93
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.tifs.2012.11.007
