(chemistry) A sesquiterpenoid acid, obtained from the water pepper plant, once used as a stimulant or diuretic

plural of resin acid

plural of amic acid

plural of dicarboxylic acid

(organic chemistry) formic acid

plural of Lewis acid

(organic chemistry) A carboxylic acid derived from phenanthrene extracted from plants of the family Aristolochiaceae; though sometimes used as a herbal remedy, it is a rodent carcinogen and can cause endemic nephropathy in humans.

plural of acid anhydride

(organic chemistry) Any of a class of polycarboxylic acids that have a backbone containing several amino groups; they form chelation complexes with metals; the most common example is ethylenediaminetetracetic acid

(organic chemistry) An oxylipin lipid, containing a cyclopentanone ring, related to the prostaglandins; its esters, the jasmonates, are responsible for the smell of jasmine and act as plant hormones