Applications of Lactic Acid

Stern, E.C. Topical application of lactic acid in the treatment and prevention of certain disorders of the skin, Urol. Cutaneous Rev., 50, 106, 1943. 

Ike, A., Toda, N., Hirata, K. and Miyamoto, K. (1997a). Hydrogen photoproduction from Confixing microalgal biomass application of lactic acid fermentation by Lactobacillus amylovorus. J. Ferment. Bioeng. 84,428-433. 

In the food production field - and product development - starter cultures, which greatly increase the efficiency of fermentation, have been produced. The technology was improved mainly by application of lactic acid-producing bacteria and yeast fungi, which led to higher quality products. 

Vijayakumar, J., Aravindan, R., and Viruthagiri, T. (2008) Recent trends in the production, purification and application of lactic acid. Chem. Biochem. Eng. Q 22, 245-264. 

The application of lactic acid, together with the 3HV precursor valeric acid as a substrate for P(3HB-co-3HV) production was successfully demonstrated. 

Pedersen, M. B., Iversen, S. L., Sorensen, K. I., Johansen, E. (2005). The long and winding road from the research laboratory to industrial applications of lactic acid bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 29(3), 611-624. 

Potential applications of lactic acid bacteria as antifungal compounds... 

The major application of lactic acid and lactic compounds is for food additives. O Table 1.9 presents a list of applications for lactic acid, lactate salts, and various lactylated fatty acid esters in the food industry. 

Food applications of lactic acids and lactic acid compounds... 

The present review work is summarized on the fermentation systems used for the biotechnological production, the various raw materials and applications of lactic acid and organic lactates. Future developments in this area with respect to the strain selection and modificatimis, genetic-engineering approaches, carbohydrate sources and their pretreatment, fermentation techniques and the downstream processing options are discussed. 

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