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Definition of Oxaloacetic acid

1. Noun. An acid formed by oxidation of maleic acid (as in metabolism of fats and carbohydrates).

Definition of Oxaloacetic acid

1. Noun. (biochemistry) on of the constituents of the citric acid cycle, formed by the oxidation of malic acid and via the transamination of aspartic acid; an intermediate in the synthesis of amino acids and the metabolism of carbohydrates ¹

2. Noun. (organic compound) a colourless crystalline organic carboxylic acid, ''butan-2-one-1,4-dicarboxylic acid'', COOH.CH₂.CO.COOH ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Oxaloacetic acid

1. HOOC-CO-CH2COOH;a ketodicarboxylic acid and important intermediate in the tricarboxylic acid cycle; the product formed when l-aspartic acid acts as an amine donor in transamination reactions. Synonym: ketosuccinic acid, oxosuccinic acid. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Oxaloacetic acid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"oxaloacetic acid and L-lysine hydrochloride were used as supplied ... Activities of thermal polyamino acids for the decarboxylation of oxaloacetic acid. ..."

2. Chemical Abstracts by American Chemical Society (1915)
"On the approx. true assumption that the enol form of the esters of oxaloacetic acid (a) is optically identical in the ultraviolet with the structurally ..."

3. Contrasts in Scientific Style: Research Groups in the Chemical and by Joseph S. Fruton (1990)
"1889 (worked on oxaloacetic acid ester); Leipzig Dr.med. 1893. Strassburg 1894-1919 (with Hofmeister 1896-1919); Basle, with Sandoz 1919-21; o. ..."

4. Methods and Styles in the Development of Chemistry by Joseph Stewart Fruton (2002)
"... in organometallic chemistry, but then shifted to the use of synthetic methods in the study of derivatives of lactic acid and of oxaloacetic acid. ..."

5. Methods and Styles in the Development of Chemistry by Joseph Stewart Fruton (2002)
"... in organometallic chemistry, but then shifted to the use of synthetic methods in the study of derivatives of lactic acid and of oxaloacetic acid. ..."

6. Air Quality Criteria for Oxides of Nitrogenby Dennis J. Kotchmar by Dennis J. Kotchmar (1996)
"An enzyme catalyzing the transfer of an amine group from glutamic acid to oxaloacetic acid, forming aspartic acid in the process. Serum level of the enzyme ..."

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