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ethanedioic acid
(Encyclopedia)ethanedioic acid ĕthˌāndīōˈĭk [key], IUPAC name for oxalic acid. ...fatty acid
(Encyclopedia)fatty acid, any of the organic carboxylic acids present in fats and oils as esters of glycerol. Molecular weights of fatty acids vary over a wide range. The carbon skeleton of any fatty acid is unbran...isobutyric acid
(Encyclopedia)isobutyric acid īˌsəbyo͞otērˈĭk [key]: see butyric acid. ...hydrosulfuric acid
(Encyclopedia)hydrosulfuric acid: see hydrogen sulfide. ...hyaluronic acid
(Encyclopedia)hyaluronic acid: see mucopolysaccharide. ...hydrobromic acid
(Encyclopedia)hydrobromic acid hīˌdrəbrōˈmĭk [key]: see bromide. ...hydrochloric acid
(Encyclopedia)hydrochloric acid: see hydrogen chloride. ...hydrocyanic acid
(Encyclopedia)hydrocyanic acid hīˌdrōsīănˈĭk [key]: see hydrogen cyanide. ...amino acid
(Encyclopedia)CE5 General formula of an amino acid CE5 Peptide bond between two molecules of the amino acid alanine amino acid əmēˈnō [key], any one of a class of simple organic compounds containin...glutamic acid
(Encyclopedia)CE5 glutamic acid glo͞otămˈĭk [key], organic compound, one of the 20 amino acids commonly found in animal proteins. Only the l-stereoisomer occurs in mammalian proteins. Like aspartic acid, glu...Browse by Subject
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