Lactate: Anaerobic Threshold and New Discoveries

Abstract

Since its discovery, the lactate molecule has always aroused interest and curiosity in academia. Over the years and scientific discoveries, lactate has only been approached in human physiology as a waste product of anaerobic metabolism. To better understand lactate, researchers have also identified and devised the concept of the anaerobic threshold. However, lactate is rediscovering a new life, as it also appears to be a metabolite of the aerobic system. In addition, it also appears to have a decisive role in neuroplasticity, as well as first and second messenger activity. The aim of the understanding is to deal with an examination of lactate from its beginnings up to the most recent discoveries, passing from the concept of the anaerobic threshold.