Citric - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: citricCitric
Of pertaining to or derived from the citron or lemon as citric acid...
carboxyl group
a monovalent organic radical written COOH CO2H or COOH whose presence confers acidic properties on the compound containing it called also carboxylic group Monocarboxylic acids such as acetic acid or butyric acid have one carboxyl group dicarboxylic acids such as oxalic acid or malonic acid have two tricarboxylic acids such as citric acid have three It is weakly acidic the pKa of acetic acid being 475...
carboxylic acid
an organic compound whose acidity is due to the presence of a carboxyl gorup Monocarboxylic acids such as acetic acid or butyric acid have one carboxyl group dicarboxylic acids such as oxalic acid or malonic acid have two tricarboxylic acids such as citric acid have three...
Citraconic
Pertaining to derived from or having certain characteristics of citric and aconitic acids...
Citrate
A salt of citric acid...
Effervescence
A kind of natural ebullition that commotion of a fluid which takes place when some part of the mass flies off in a gaseous form producing innumerable small bubbles as the effervescence of a carbonate with citric acid...
Mesaconic
Pertaining to or designating one of several isomeric acids obtained from citric acid...
Nicotine
An alkaloid which is the active principle of tobacco C10H14N2 It occurs in tobacco plants Nicotiana tabacum and Nicotiana rusticum to the extent of 2 to 8 in combination with malic acid or citric acid It is a colorless transparent oily liquid having an acrid odor and an acrid burning taste It is intensely poisonous The apparently addictive effects of tobacco smoking have been ascribed largely to the effect of nicotine and the controlled administration of nicotine on various forms has been used as a technique for assisting efforts to stop the smoking habit...
Pyrocitric
Pertaining to or designating any one of three acids obtained by the distillation of citric acid and called respectively citraconic itaconic and mesaconic acid...
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