Citric Acid

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Citric Acid
By: Maisy Chase
Citric acid is used in every-day life and we even consume it! However, not many people know how important it is to humans and organisms. Citric acid is a natural preservative. It adds sourness, or acidic, tastes to our foods and drinks. This causes it to be in our metabolism. Citric acid triggers the cells and causes energy in your body. But you can live without eating citric acid, your body produces it on its own! This metabolic process, the citric acid cycle, starts with sugars from digested carbs that transform into a substance, acetyl coenzyme-A, that your body then turns into citric acid, and the energy cycle begins. Citric acid is a pure compound, so it is made up of carbon 6, hydrogen 8, oxygen 7.

Citric acid acts as an antioxidant, meaning it protects the body from damaging free radicals. Antioxidants help with everything from heart health to cancer prevention. And even though it is an acid, citric acid prevents certain acids in your body. Maria Vila, DO, an integrative medicine physician with the Chambers Center for Well Being says that “By re-stabilizing the acidic environment often caused by too many processed foods (and triple-shot lattes) and too much stress, your body can work more efficiently” Because of its alkalizing powers, there’s evidence that citric acid may help prevent certain types of kidney stones.
However, citric acid has harmful effects on the human body. Sugars such as corn starch and sugar beets are found to create a fungus called Aspergillus niger, a common black mold. This is the artificial form of citric acid. It’s a cheap and easy way to produce food additives. Black mold is filtered out of the foods, but the microscopic waste products left behind might not be entirely removed. This specific mold can be tied with allergies, respiratory issues, and chronic illnesses if it is ingested regularly. Citric acid isn’t just in food, but in beauty and skin products as well. This type of citric acid has the potential to be an irritant and trigger asthma symptoms.
This solid's behavior is studied in different solutions and is required for the development of separation processes for some solutions. Studies on the solubility of citric acid in solutions are still little explored and we lack the information regarding solubility in pure components. Because of its important role in the metabolism, it may help with treatments for Inherited Metabolic disorders. Most people with inherited metabolic disorders have a defective gene that results in an enzyme deficiency. There are hundreds of different genetic metabolic disorders, and their symptoms, treatments, and prognoses vary widely.

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