OXALOACETIC ACID


Meaning of OXALOACETIC ACID in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌäk-sə-lō-ə-ˈsē-tik- ]

noun

also ox·al·ace·tic acid ˌäk-sə-lə-ˈsē-tik-

Etymology: oxal ic + acetic acid

Date: 1896

: a crystalline acid C 4 H 4 O 5 that is formed by reversible oxidation of malic acid (as in carbohydrate metabolism via the Krebs cycle) and in reversible transamination reactions (as from aspartic acid)

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