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fumaric acid
noun
- a colorless, odorless, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid, C 4 H 4 O 4 , isomeric with maleic acid, essential to cellular respiration in most eukaryotic organisms: used in the making of synthetic resins and as a replacement for tartaric acid in beverages and baking powders.
fumaric acid
/ ːˈæɪ /
noun
- a colourless crystalline acid with a fruity taste, found in some plants and manufactured from benzene; trans -butenedioic acid: used esp in synthetic resins. Formula: HCOOCH:CHCOOH
fumaric acid
/ ڲ̅̅-ă′ĭ /
- A colorless crystalline compound found in various plants and produced synthetically. It is used mainly in resins, paints, varnishes, and inks. Fumaric acid is a geometric isomer of maleic acid, having two carboxyl (COOH) groups attached on opposite sides of an ethylene chain. Chemical formula: C 4 H 4 O 2 .
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fumaric acid1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fumaric acid1
Example Sentences
The researchers have managed to efficiently produce fumaric acid, which is traditionally derived from petroleum, using renewable resources, carbon dioxide, and biomass-derived compounds.
Spraying experimental rice plants with artificial acid rain immediately cut their release into the soil of three relevant bacterial foodstuffs—fumaric acid, galactose and glucose.
It is a fumaric acid, very similar to one widely used in Germany for the treatment of psoriasis.
When heated with concentrated hydrobromic or hydriodic acids, it is converted into fumaric acid.
It contains "fumaric acid," and the alkaloid "fumarina," which are specially useful for scrofulous diseases of the skin.
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