It is used as a skin moisturizer lotion to treat dry, scaly, itchy skin, reagent in biological activity studies of aluminum and in sol-gel processing. Also used in fire foam. Aluminum L-Lactate has been used to inject aluminum into rabbits. Aluminum L-Lactate has been shown to decrease human enamel dissolution in a pH 4 acetate buffer.

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