angelic acid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An unsaturated organic acid, CH₃-CH=C(CH₃-COOH), found in angelica and having pharmacological uses; the trans- form is tiglic acid.

Word forms

angelic acid

Etymology

From angelica.

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