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Lactic Acid

"Lactic Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A normal intermediate in the fermentation (oxidation, metabolism) of sugar. The concentrated form is used internally to prevent gastrointestinal fermentation. (From Stedman, 26th ed)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Lactic Acid" by people in this website by year, and whether "Lactic Acid" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 61 publications over 24 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2002 and 2012
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