Exploring the Southern Constellations. September 2008 : In the summer of 1865, noted American newspaperman and politician Horace Greeley penned, in an editorial, an admonishment to young civil servants in Washington DC. Greeley urged those who complained of low pay grades in the Capitol area to âGo west, young man!â.
When your muscles can't get enough oxygen during a short burst of exercise, they start to make use of a pathway called lactic acid fermentation, which generates a small three-carbon compound called lactic acid or lactate as a byproduct of glucose breakdown.
Sodium Lactate. Sodium Lactate is sodium salt of lactic acid. It is also called monosodium salt and lactic acid sodium salt. This substance is produced by fermentation of sugar from beets or corn. The resulting lactic acid is then neutralized to produce a compound with the formula NaC3H5O3.