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Research Progress in the Production of D-Lactic Acid from Renewable Resources

Bingyi Tao1,2, Qi Lin1,2, Ren He2

  • 1College of Chemical Engineering, Huaqiao University, Xiamen 361021, China.

Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
|August 13, 2026
PubMed
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Keywords:
D-lactic acidmicrobial fermentationrenewable sources

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