💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Ascorbic acid"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| vitamin cnoun | The L-enantiomer of ascorbic acid, a water-soluble nutrient essential for life, synthesized by most animals and plants but not humans, although used in our bodies for many purposes. It is plentiful in citrus fruits and many vegetables, and a deficiency causes scurvy. |
| ascorbatenoun | (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of ascorbic acid. |
| isoascorbic acidnoun | (organic chemistry) Synonym of erythorbic acid. |
| ascorbylnoun | (organic chemistry) A univalent radical derived from ascorbic acid |
| isoascorbatenoun | (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of isoascorbic acid |
| dehydroascorbatenoun | (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of dehydroascorbic acid. |
| erythorbic acidnoun | (chemistry) a stereoisomer of ascorbic acid that does not occur naturally |
| ascorbylationnoun | (organic chemistry) Reaction with ascorbic acid to introduce an ascorbyl group into a molecule |
| cevitamic acidnoun | (organic chemistry) Synonym of ascorbic acid. |
| monodehydroascorbatenoun | Any salt or ester of monodehydroascorbic acid. |
| sorbic acidnoun | (organic chemistry) an unsaturated aliphatic carboxylic acid, CH₃.CH:CH.CH:CH.COOH, found in Rowan berries, and used as a preservative |
| orotic acidnoun | (biochemistry) A crystalline acid which was discovered in milk and is a growth factor for various microorganisms (as Lactobacillus bulgaricus) and an intermediate in pyrimidine biosynthesis; uracil-6-carboxylic acid, C₅H₄N₂O₄. |
| citric acidnoun | (organic chemistry) A colourless crystalline compound, 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid, C₆H₈O₇, found in citrus fruit; it is used as a food additive and in the manufacture of citrates. |
| helvolic acidnoun | (organic chemistry) An antibiotic chemical compound found in Aspergillus. |
| benzoic acidnoun | (organic chemistry) A white crystalline organic acid, C₆H₅COOH; the simplest aromatic carboxylic acid; used as a food preservative and in many other industrial applications. |
| acetic acidnoun | (organic chemistry) A clear colourless organic acid, CH₃COOH, formed by the bacterial oxidation of ethanol through acetic fermentation; it is used as a solvent and has very many industrial applications; it is the major acidic component of vinegar. |
| arsenic acidnoun | (inorganic chemistry) A poisonous, white crystalline compound, H₃AsO₄, formed from arsenic pentoxide and water; it has the same structure as phosphoric acid, and is used in the manufacture of arsenates. |
| asparagusic acidnoun | (organic chemistry) The organosulfur compound with chemical formula S₂(CH₂)₂CHCO₂H, found in asparagus. |
| oxaloacetic acidnoun | One of the constituents of the citric acid cycle, formed by the oxidation of malic acid and via the transamination of aspartic acid; an intermediate in the synthesis of amino acids and the metabolism of carbohydrates |
| oxalic acidnoun | (organic chemistry) A colourless, crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (COOH)₂, found in rhubarb, spinach and other plants, often as crystals of the calcium salt. |
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