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<compound>
  <id type="integer">4849</id>
  <title>T3D4794</title>
  <common-name>Lactic Acid</common-name>
  <description>A normal intermediate in the fermentation (oxidation, metabolism) of sugar. The concentrated form is used internally to prevent gastrointestinal fermentation.</description>
  <cas>50-21-5</cas>
  <pubchem-id>61503</pubchem-id>
  <chemical-formula>C3H6O3</chemical-formula>
  <weight nil="true"/>
  <appearance></appearance>
  <melting-point>16.8°C</melting-point>
  <boiling-point>122°C at 1.50E+01 mm Hg</boiling-point>
  <density nil="true"/>
  <solubility>1E+006 mg/L</solubility>
  <specific-gravity nil="true"/>
  <flash-point nil="true"/>
  <vapour-pressure nil="true"/>
  <route-of-exposure></route-of-exposure>
  <target nil="true"/>
  <mechanism-of-toxicity></mechanism-of-toxicity>
  <metabolism></metabolism>
  <toxicity></toxicity>
  <lethaldose></lethaldose>
  <carcinogenicity>No indication of carcinogenicity to humans (not listed by IARC).</carcinogenicity>
  <use-source>This is an endogenously produced metabolite found in the human body. It is used in metabolic reactions, catabolic reactions or waste generation.</use-source>
  <min-risk-level></min-risk-level>
  <health-effects></health-effects>
  <symptoms></symptoms>
  <treatment></treatment>
  <created-at type="dateTime">2014-09-11T05:16:56Z</created-at>
  <updated-at type="dateTime">2026-04-06T05:02:12Z</updated-at>
  <interacting-proteins nil="true"/>
  <wikipedia></wikipedia>
  <uniprot-id></uniprot-id>
  <kegg-compound-id>C01432</kegg-compound-id>
  <omim-id></omim-id>
  <chebi-id>28358</chebi-id>
  <biocyc-id></biocyc-id>
  <ctd-id></ctd-id>
  <stitch-id></stitch-id>
  <drugbank-id>DB04398</drugbank-id>
  <pdb-id></pdb-id>
  <actor-id></actor-id>
  <organism nil="true"/>
  <export type="boolean">true</export>
  <metabolizing-proteins nil="true"/>
  <transporting-proteins nil="true"/>
  <moldb-smiles>C[C@@H](O)C(O)=O</moldb-smiles>
  <moldb-formula>C3H6O3</moldb-formula>
  <moldb-inchi>InChI=1S/C3H6O3/c1-2(4)3(5)6/h2,4H,1H3,(H,5,6)/t2-/m1/s1</moldb-inchi>
  <moldb-inchikey>JVTAAEKCZFNVCJ-UWTATZPHSA-N</moldb-inchikey>
  <moldb-average-mass type="decimal">90.0779</moldb-average-mass>
  <moldb-mono-mass type="decimal">90.031694058</moldb-mono-mass>
  <origin>Endogenous</origin>
  <state>Liquid</state>
  <logp>-0.72</logp>
  <hmdb-id></hmdb-id>
  <chembl-id></chembl-id>
  <chemspider-id></chemspider-id>
  <structure-image-file-name nil="true"/>
  <structure-image-content-type nil="true"/>
  <structure-image-file-size type="integer" nil="true"/>
  <structure-image-updated-at type="dateTime" nil="true"/>
  <biodb-id nil="true"/>
  <synthesis-reference>&lt;p&gt;Yoshihide Hagiwara, Miyauchi Tetsuji, Yuki Morimasa, &amp;#8220;Process for preparing food products containing a lactic acid bacteria-fermented product of a cereal germ.&amp;#8221; U.S. Patent US4056637, issued February, 1933.&lt;/p&gt;</synthesis-reference>
  <structure-image-caption nil="true"/>
  <chemdb-id>CHEM003751</chemdb-id>
  <dsstox-id nil="true"/>
  <toxcast-id nil="true"/>
  <stoff-ident-origin nil="true"/>
  <stoff-ident-id nil="true"/>
  <susdat-id>NS00105365</susdat-id>
  <iupac>(2R)-2-hydroxypropanoic acid</iupac>
</compound>
