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LACTIC ACID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A clear odorless hygroscopic syrupy carboxylic acid found in sour milk and in many fruits
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("lactic acid" is a kind of...):
carboxylic acid (an organic acid characterized by one or more carboxyl groups)
Context examples:
Lactic acid is also made in muscles in the body and is used in many chemical processes in the body.
(Lactic acid, NCI Dictionary)
Also called lactic acid dehydrogenase and LDH.
(Lactate dehydrogenase, NCI Dictionary)
The lactic acid then was converted into caproic acid, which was further converted into decane.
(Will We Soon Drive on ‘Grassoline’?, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A taxonomic family of bacterium that ferment carbohydrates into lactic acid, in the phylum Firmicutes that includes the genera Lactobacillus and Pediococcus, among others.
(Lactobacillaceae, NCI Thesaurus)
The levorotatory isomer of lactic acid, the biologically active isoform in humans.
(Lactic Acid, L-, NCI Thesaurus)
In addition, Lp 299v stimulates the secretion of protective mucin and produces lactic acid and hydrogen peroxide as well as other substances, thereby creating an acidic environment which prevents growth of pathogens.
(Lactobacillus plantarum strain 299v, NCI Thesaurus)
Holmium Ho166 containing poly l-lactic acid (PLA) microspheres with potential antineoplastic actvity.
(Holmium Ho 166 Poly(L-Lactic Acid) Microspheres, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of Gram-positive, facultative anaerobic, lactic acid bacteria in the phylum Firmicutes.
(Enterococcus, NCI Thesaurus)
A genus of Gram positive, cocci shaped, lactic acid bacterium assigned to the phylum Firmicutes and the family Lactobacillaceae.
(Pediococcus, NCI Thesaurus)
This species is non-motile, ferments melibiose, does not ferment arabinose or citrate, does not reduce tetrazolium and is a lactic acid bacteria.
(Enterococcus durans, NCI Thesaurus)
