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picric acid , picric (chem.) p. acid. f. Gr. pikrós bitter + -IC.
picric acid (trinitrophenol) (pik-rik) n. a yellow crystalline solid used as a dye and as a tissu… nicotinic acid , nic·o·tin·ic ac·id / ˌnikəˈtinik; -ˈtēnik/ • n. Biochem. a vitamin of the B complex, (C5H4N)COOH, that is widely distributed in foods such as milk, w… Salicylic Acid , sal·i·cyl·ic ac·id / ˌsaləˈsilik/ • n. Chem. a bitter compound, C6H4(OH)(COOH), present in certain plants. It is used as a fungicide and in the manuf… folinic acid , folinic acid (foh-lin-ik) n. a derivative of folic acid involved in purine synthesis. Administered by mouth or by injection (in the form of its calci… Prussian blue , prussic pert. to or derived from Prussian blue, which was so called from having been discovered (1704) by Diesbach, a Berlin colourmaker; p. acid hyd… butyric acid , butyric acid A short‐chain saturated fatty acid (C4 : 0). It occurs as the triacylglycerol in 5–6% of butter fat, and in small amounts in other fats…
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