Lauric acid ine mukurumbira nekuita kwayo, antimicrobial, uye emulsifying zvivakwa, zvichiita kuti ive chinhu chakakosha mukugadzira sipo, zvekugezesa, zvigadzirwa zvekuchengeta munhu, nemishonga.Nekuda kwekunyungudika kwayo mumvura nemafuta, inoshanda sechinhu chepamusoro chekuchenesa chinobvisa zvinobudirira tsvina uye tsvina, ichisiya kunzwa kunozorodza uye kunovaka muviri.
Uyezve, iyo antimicrobial hunhu hwelauric acid hunoita kuti ive chinhu chakanakira sanitizers, disinfectants, uye mafuta ekuzora.Kugona kwayo kuparadza mabhakitiriya, fungi, uye mavhairasi kunoita kuti ive chinhu chakakosha mukurwisa hutachiona nezvirwere.Pamusoro pezvo, lauric acid inoshanda senge inochengetedza, ichirebesa hupenyu hwesherufu yezvigadzirwa zvakasiyana uye nekuona kushanda kwazvo kwenguva yakareba.