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Sodium lactate

72-17-3C3H5O3.Na112.06 g/mol
Salt and Compound WithChEBI source record

An organic sodium salt having lactate as the counterion. — ChEBI

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Identity & molecular properties

Source-linked values
CAS number72-17-3ChEBI ↗
Molecular formulaC3H5O3.NaChEBI ↗
Molar mass112.06 g/molChEBI ↗
Monoisotopic mass112.01364 DaChEBI ↗
Formal charge0ChEBI ↗
ChEBI identifierCHEBI:75228ChEBI ↗

Cross-source molecular data

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Molar mass112.06 g/molPubChem ↗
Exact mass112.01363830 DaPubChem ↗

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Names & structural identifiers

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sodium lactate
sodium 2-hydroxypropanoate
NGSFWBMYFKHRBD-UHFFFAOYSA-M
CC(O)C(=O)[O-].[Na+]
InChI=1S/C3H6O3.Na/c1-2(4)3(5)6;/h2,4H,1H3,(H,5,6);/q;+1/p-1

Names & synonyms

Mediject Lsodium 2-hydroxypropanoate

Names are supplied by ChEBI. Trade names and related synonyms may describe a broader product context.

Classification & relationships

ChEBI ontology
lactate saltChEBI parent class · 24997 ↗organic sodium saltChEBI parent class · 38700 ↗
organic salt

Roles recorded in ChEBI

antiviral agentantidepressantcardiovascular drugantineoplastic agentgastrointestinal drugfood acidity regulatorfood preservativeophthalmology drugvulnerary

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Mass ↔ amount of substance

Calculated from sourced mass
Equivalent amount
0.00892379 mol

Uses 112.06 g/mol from ChEBI. Assumes the substance described by this record; no purity or concentration correction is applied.

Elemental composition

Theoretical mass fractions
O
Oxygen · 3 atoms
42.83%
C
Carbon · 3 atoms
32.16%
Na
Sodium · 1 atom
20.52%
H
Hydrogen · 5 atoms
4.50%

Calculated theoretical mass fractions from the reported formula and PubChem periodic-table atomic masses. These are not assay or purity results.

Research & patent references

Selected source associations
The effect of sodium lactate and lactic acid combinations on the microbial, sensory, and chemical attributes of marinated chicken thigh. ↗Poultry science · 2012 Jun · PMID 22582309
Distinct panicogenic activity of sodium lactate and cholecystokinin tetrapeptide in patients with panic disorder. ↗Current pharmaceutical design · 2012 · PMID 22632477
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Sources & record history

Checked 27 Sep 2026
EMBL-EBI ChEBI · CHEBI:75228

Release 255, 9 September 2026. ChEBI three-star (manually annotated) source entry. View original record ↗ · CC BY 4.0

NCBI PubChem · CID 23666456 · retrieved 2026-09-27

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