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9. Acidum Lacticum. Lactic Acid |
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This section is from the book "Materia Medica Pharmacy, Pharmacology And Therapeutics", by W. Hale White. Also available from Amazon: Materia Medica Pharmacy, Pharmacology And Therapeutics..
Acidum Lacticum. Lactic Acid. Hc3h5o3=89.79.
Usually obtained by subjecting milk-sugar or grape-sugar to lactic fermentation. It contains 75 per cent. by weight of absolute Lactic Acid, in aqueous solution.
A colorless syrupy liquid, of a purely acid taste, and absorbing moisture on exposure to damp air. Sp. gr., about 1.213. Solubility. - Freely miscible with water, Alcohol or Ether.
Mineral acids, sugar, lead, and iron.
Lactic Acid is used in Syrupus Calcii Lactophosphatis.
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