mucic acid
Meanings
noun
- A dicarboxylic acid, HOOC-(CHOH)₄-COOH, produced by the oxidation of the milk sugar galactose, used as a test for the presence of galactose or lactose.
Word forms
Etymology
From Swedish mjölk-socker-syra (milk-sugar-acid).
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