TY  - CHAP
AU  - Lorena Mardones
AU  - Marcelo Villagrán
ED  - Néstor Gutiérrez-Méndez
Y1  - 2020-03-28
PY  - 2020
T1  - Lactose Synthesis
N2  - Lactose is a unique disaccharide found exclusively in the milk of mammals. This sugar has a crucial role in nourishing newborn and young mammals; however, some adults have difficulties in fully metabolizing lactose. Despite lactose intolerance in the population, the dairy industry produces 400,000 tons of crystalline lactose worldwide. The food and pharmaceutical industries use lactose as well as lactose derivatives in a wide variety of products. This book reviews some aspects of lactose properties and synthesis as well as recent advances in the recovery of lactose and lactose derivatives from cheese whey.
BT  - Lactose and Lactose Derivatives
SP  - Ch. 2
UR  - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.91399
DO  - 10.5772/intechopen.91399
SN  - 978-1-83962-605-0
PB  - IntechOpen
CY  - Rijeka
Y2  - 2024-04-27
ER  -