(pharmacology) A powerful diuretic drug used in the treatment of fluid retention, especially that associated with heart, liver, and kidney disorders.

(organic chemistry) A chelation agent, 5-hydroxy-2-(hydroxymethyl)-4H-pyran-4-one, produced by several species of fungus, especially Aspergillus oryzae, and used in the manufacture of saké and in food preservation.

A natural fatty acid with a pungent smell, found in a wide variety of plants and essential oils, whose volatile esters are used in perfumery.

plural of aminobenzoic acid

(organic chemistry) Aurin.

(organic chemistry) A polyamino carboxylic acid used as a chelating agent.

A drug used for joint and muscular pain.

(chemistry) Any benzoic acid with an amino group, such as anthranilic acid.

Alternative form of eicosapentaenoic acid

(biochemistry) An essential 22-carbon atom omega-3 fatty acid with six cis double bonds, found in fish oils, metabolized to form the docosanoids.