(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of acetolactic acid

(biochemistry) Capable of converting carbon dioxide or sugars into acetic acid or acetate; used especially of bacteria.

plural of acetoacetate

plural of acetolactate

Describing anaerobic archaea that convert acetic acid to methane

(organic chemistry) The compound 3-hydroxybutanone CH₃-CO-CH(OH)-CH₃ that is one of the constituents of the flavour of butter

(pharmacology) A sulfonylurea antidiabetic drug.

A chloroacetanilide herbicide that acts by inhibiting elongase.

plural of acetolactic acid

(organic chemistry, especially in combination) The univalent radical CH₃CO-CH₂CO- derived from acetoacetic acid