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Synonyms	Acidum lacticum Dl- lactic acid Dl-lactic acid E 270 E-270 E270 FEMA NO. 2611 HIPURE 88 INS NO.270 INS-270 L-lactic acid or dl-lactic acid Lactate Lactic acid Lactic acid, dl- Lactic acid, unspecified form
Status
Molecule Category	Free-form
ATC	G01AD01
UNII	3B8D35Y7S4
EPA CompTox	DTXSID7023192

Synonyms

Acidum lacticum

Dl- lactic acid

Dl-lactic acid

E 270

E-270

E270

FEMA NO. 2611

HIPURE 88

INS NO.270

INS-270

L-lactic acid or dl-lactic acid

Lactate

Lactic acid

Lactic acid, dl-

Lactic acid, unspecified form

Status

Molecule Category

Free-form

ATC

G01AD01

UNII

3B8D35Y7S4

EPA CompTox

DTXSID7023192


InChI Key	JVTAAEKCZFNVCJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N
Smiles	CC(O)C(=O)O
InChI	InChI=1S/C3H6O3/c1-2(4)3(5)6/h2,4H,1H3,(H,5,6)

InChI Key

JVTAAEKCZFNVCJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N

Smiles

CC(O)C(=O)O

InChI

InChI=1S/C3H6O3/c1-2(4)3(5)6/h2,4H,1H3,(H,5,6)

Property Name	Value
Molecular Formula	C3H6O3
Molecular Weight	90.08
AlogP	-0.55
Hydrogen Bond Acceptor	2.0
Hydrogen Bond Donor	2.0
Number of Rotational Bond	1.0
Polar Surface Area	57.53
Molecular species	ACID
Aromatic Rings	0.0
Heavy Atoms	6.0

Property Name

Value

Molecular Formula

C3H6O3

Molecular Weight

90.08

AlogP

-0.55

Hydrogen Bond Acceptor

2.0

Hydrogen Bond Donor

2.0

Number of Rotational Bond

1.0

Polar Surface Area

57.53

Molecular species

ACID

Aromatic Rings

0.0

Heavy Atoms

6.0

Mechanism of Action	Action	Reference
pH lowering agent	None	DOI PubMed

Mechanism of Action

Action

Reference

pH lowering agent

None

DOI PubMed

Resources	Reference
ChEBI	78320
ChEMBL	CHEMBL1200559
DrugBank	DB04398
DrugCentral	1533
FDA SRS	3B8D35Y7S4
Human Metabolome Database	HMDB0144295
KEGG	C01432
SureChEMBL	SCHEMBL15902696

Resources

Reference

ChEBI

ChEMBL

DrugBank

DrugCentral

FDA SRS

Human Metabolome Database

HMDB0144295

KEGG

C01432

SureChEMBL

SCHEMBL15902696

EcoDrug+ was developed under the PREMIER Innovative Medicines Initiative 2 Joint Undertaking (JU) under grant agreement No 875508. The JU receives support from the EU’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme and the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA). The views reflect only the authors’ perspective and the JU is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information EcoDrug+ contains.

Elements of EcoDrug+ were developed under the Biocenter Finland Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology network. CSC-IT Center for Science Ltd is thanked for providing computational resources. Credit is given to Ensembl for collecting species images (provided under public domain licences such as Wikimedia and NHGRI).

Content of EcoDrug+ is provided without guarantee for correctness.

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Ashenafi Legehar, Siobhán Monaghan, Mael Briand, Akseli Niemelä, Leo Ghemtio, Ziaurrehman Tanoli, A Ross Brown, Charles R Tyler, Henri Xhaard, EcoDrug PLUS: an advanced database for drug target conservation analysis and environmental risk assessment, Nucleic Acids Research, 2025, gkaf1251 Read...

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Last update: Monday, 3 November 2025

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