(organic chemistry) A complex organic acid, obtained as a yellowish-white gum by the oxidation of croconic acid.

(organic chemistry) A tetrabasic acid of benzene.

(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric keto derivatives of adipic acid, but especially the α- isomer, 2-oxohexanedioic acid, which is an intermediate in the metabolism of lysine to glutaric acid

(organic chemistry) An acid obtained from sorbic acid when it takes up hydrogen.

(biochemistry) threose nucleic acid

(organic chemistry) Either of two isomeric carboxylic acids in which a carboxymethyl group is attached to a naphthalene residue; the 1- isomer is an auxin

(chemistry) An acid derived from silicic acid by the removal of water.

plural of threonucleic acid

plural of desoxyribonucleic acid

Alternative spelling of deoxyribonucleic acid