Mind the buffering capacity of citric acid

The buffering capacity of porcine muscles.

The aim of this study was to investigate the buffering capacity (BC) of five porcine muscles. The pH of muscles with zero lactate was also estimated. The BC was calculated on the basis of the amount of lactate accumulating in the muscle between two sampling times and the simultaneous pH decline. Two muscle samples were obtained from each muscle (n=13-36): one as soon as possible after slaughter...

Citric acid production.

Citric acid is a commodity chemical produced and consumed throughout The World. It is used mainly in the food and beverage industry, primarily as an acidulant. Although it is one of the oldest industrial fermentations, its World production is still in rapid increasing. Global production of citric acid in 2007 was over 1.6 million tones. Biochemistry of citric acid fermentation, various microbia...

Citric Acid Determination

Three types of methods have been proposed for the determination of citric acid in urine. Salant and Wise (1) used the unspecific mercuric sulfate reagent of Deniges (2) in a study of the toxicity of citrates. Thunberg (3) developed an enzymatic method employing a dehydrogenase said to be specific for citrate. The remaining methods depend on the so called pentabromoacetone method of Stahre (4), ...

Biotechnological production of citric acid

This work provides a review about the biotechnological production of citric acid starting from the physicochemical properties and industrial applications, mainly in the food and pharmaceutical sectors. Several factors affecting citric acid fermentation are discussed, including carbon source, nitrogen and phosphate limitations, pH of culture medium, aeration, trace elements and morphology of the...

The Use of Citric Acid for the Treatment of Chronic Non-Healing Sinus