What is Lactobionic Acid?

Lactonic acid is an organic compound with the formula C12H22O12.It is mainly produced during the fermentation of lactose by lactic acid bacteria,is the third generation of fruit acid. It is not as irritating as the first generation, but it cleans pores better than the second generation of fruit acid. It is composed of a molecule of galactose and a molecule of gluconic acid, and is a polyhydroxy biological acid. The structure of lactobionic acid contains eight groups of hydroxyl water groups, which can hold a large number of water molecules. It has similar effects to fruit acid (exfoliating, removing blackheads and acne, preventing and reducing closed comedones, shrinking pores, removing acne, etc.), and also has antioxidant, anti-aging, and whitening effects.

It not only inherits the unique efficacy of fruit acid, but is also mild in nature and has excellent moisturizing, anti-oxidation and skin repair effects. It is not only suitable for sensitive skin, but also an indispensable tool used by dermatologists around the world in adjuvant treatment and home care.

The main effect of lactose acid is beauty, often used to make facial masks. Acting on the skin, lactose acid can reduce the cohesion between the skin stratum corneum cells, accelerate the shedding of stratum corneum cells, improve clinical epithelial cell metabolism, and promote skin upgrading. Moreover, lactose acid acts on the dermis, which can increase the moisture content of the skin, increase the ductility of the skin, and have a certain wrinkle-removing effect.

What Is The Functional Of Lactobionic Acid?

1.Moisturize

This "lactose acid" policeman can not only drive short distances, but also long distances. It can drive short distances to grab water from the skin matrix, and drive long distances to grab water molecules vaporized at room temperature. The captured water molecules sit in a row and can remain tightly connected for a long time.

This characteristic is due to the special chemical structure of lactobionic acid, which has eight groups of hydroxyl groups that strongly absorb water. From the picture below, you can see more intuitively that lactobionic acid has better moisturizing properties than the well-known glycerin (also known as propylene glycol).

2. Anti-oxidation and anti-aging

The powerful antioxidant property of lactobionic acid can chelate trivalent iron ions and protect the integrity of cell membranes from oxidative damage.

It can also chelate zinc ions, thereby inhibiting matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs), thus protecting collagen and preventing the formation of wrinkles.

It can also capture zinc ions and prevent them from activating the nemesis of collagen, matrix metalloproteinase MMP, thereby protecting collagen and reducing the formation of wrinkles.

3. Whitening

Lactobionic acid has many functions, and it can also play a certain role in tyrosinase. The formation of melanin is that copper ions activate tyrosinase and turn it into melanin.

If lactobionic acid is present, it will take away copper ions first, causing tyrosinase to continue to "sleep", unable to produce melanin, thus achieving a whitening effect.

4. Remove aging cuticles and whiten skin

In fact, as early as 1974, international doctors published a scientific paper confirming that fruit acid can soften and remove dead skin cells, while stimulating the proliferation of hyaluronic acid and collagen, making the skin plump and elastic, and the pores more delicate.

Its Applicaton

Lactobionic acid can combine with metal ions such as calcium, potassium, sodium, and zinc to form corresponding salts. Calcium lactobionate can be added to food as a stabilizer; potassium lactobionate is used in organ preservation solutions to maintain organ osmosis and prevent cell edema; some other lactobionate salts can also be used as mineral supplements.

Lactobionic acid acts as an antioxidant in the cosmetic industry. In the pharmaceutical industry, lactobionic acid can be used as an excipient. For example, erythromycin is administered intravenously in the form of erythromycin lactobionic acid.

Why choose lactonic acid?

1.The irritation to the skin is milder than normal saline.

2.Compared with the most commonly used moisturizing ingredients such as glycerin, sorbitol, etc., its water retention and water absorption are better.

3.Excellent antioxidant performance

0.06% concentration can play a powerful antioxidant performance, the effect is comparable to VC.

4.Lactonic acid can intelligently recognize aging keratinocytes, remove aging dead cells, and promote the regeneration of keratinocytes.

5.It can remove dirt in the pores, help the dermal hyaluronic acid and collagen hyperplasia, increase the water content of the skin, visually shrink the pores, and make the overall skin tight and elastic.

6.Safety

Compared with other fruit acids, lactobionic acid is softer and has a higher safety factor. In addition, it has a good anti-oxidative effect, and its moisturizing and hydrating effect is significantly stronger than that of general moisturizers.As the third-generation upgraded fruit acid, it preserves the whitening effect of the first-generation fruit acid, and reduces the stimulation of the second-generation fruit acid, which can adjust the whole process of keratin hardening, make the cuticle thinner, more dense and smooth, and prevent and relieve hair follicles. Block the mouth, speed up the basal metabolism of the skin, and reduce the formation of skin wrinkles and folds.