Definition of Saccharic acid

1. Noun. A white dicarboxylic acid formed from oxidation of sugar or starch.

Generic synonyms: Carboxylic Acid

Definition of Saccharic acid

1. Noun. (carbohydrates) The aldaric acid derived from glucose ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Saccharic acid

1. Term used to denote the class of dicarboxy sugar acids. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saccharic Acid

sacbrood
sacbut
sacbuts
saccade
saccades
saccadic
saccadic movement
saccate
sacced
saccharase
saccharases
saccharate
saccharated
saccharephidrosis
saccharic
saccharic acid (current term)
saccharide
saccharide kinase
saccharides
saccharidic
sacchariferous
saccharification
saccharifications
saccharified
saccharifies
saccharify
saccharifying
saccharilla
saccharillas
saccharimeter

Literary usage of Saccharic acid

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

1. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1873)
"In these compounds saccharic acid appears to be ... This acid, isomeric with saccharic acid, is produced, together with a small quantity of oxalic acid, ..."

2. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1869)
"Or In these compounds saccharic acid appears to be ... This acid, isomerie with saccharic acid, is produced, together with a small quantity of oxalic acid, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"Ethyl-saccharic acid, С*Н'(С*Н*)0§, has not yet been obtained ; but by passing hydrochloric acid gas into absolut« alcohol in which acid ..."

4. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1867)
"saccharic acid is sufficiently powerful to dissolve iron and zinc with ... saccharic acid has a tendency to form double salts, so that it appears to be ..."

5. A Handbook of Sugar Analysis: A Practical and Descriptive Treatise for Use by Charles Albert Browne (1912)
"In the case of saccharic acid and its lactone acid, the following specific ... (29 days) -j- 22.7 saccharic acid,* after solution + 9.1 saccharic acid ..."

6. Oxidations and Reductions in the Animal Body by Henry Drysdale Dakin (1912)
"oxidation of glucose, further oxidation might be expected to give saccharic acid (III). Now Mayer showed that when large amounts of glucose, ..."

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