“…LBA was initially obtained by an electrolytic method using lactose (Isbell, 1933), concentrated alkaline reagents, graphite electrodes-to obtain lactose salts, such as calcium lactobionate, and catalysts (such as iodine and bromine), which could be carried along with the salt during its precipitation. Later on in the 90s, the use of gold and platinum electrodes resulted in higher acid yields (90% to 100%) (Druliolle, Kokoh, & Beden, 1994;Druliolle, Kokoh, Hahn, Lamy, & Beden, 1997). The oxidation process involved in electrolysis requires a large amount of energy, it is expensive and environmentally harmful due to the metal catalysts as well as the process residues (Alonso et al, 2013;Gupta et al, 2017;Miyamoto et al, 2000;Murakami et al, 2008).…”