lactic

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Examples

• The endorphin rush, that hit of homebrew morphine, the lactic acid that makes the muscles tense with a pleasing burn long after the workout has ended.

• It ends up having a slightly lactic, acidic flavor when it arrives.

• Cheese makers also often add cultures or lactic acid to their milk to keep it from spoiling during fermentation.

• The presence of phenol causes a deep amethyst-blue color, as in Uffelmann's test for lactic acid.

• Its disadvantage is that it introduces, with the bread, a variable amount of lactic acid and numerous yeast-cells.

• The presence of lactic acid is the most suggestive single symptom of gastric cancer.

• These same lactic acid bacteria may be useful when they sour the milk for the cheese maker.

• An uncrystallisable salt prepared by saturating ammonia, or its carbonate, with lactic acid.