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isovaleric acid

isovaleric acid noun: 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.

Noun

isovaleric acid (uncountable)

  1. 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.
    Synonyms:
    3-methylbutyric acid, delphinic acid, isopentanoic acid

Synonyms of isovaleric acid

Origin of isovaleric acid

From iso- + valeric acid.

Words formed from isovaleric acid

Questions about isovaleric acid

What does isovaleric acid mean?
Isovaleric acid means 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.
What part of speech is isovaleric acid?
Isovaleric acid is a noun.

Words near isovaleric acid in the dictionary

  1. isovalently
  2. isovaleraldehyde
  3. isovalerate
  4. isovalerates
  5. isovaleric
  6. isovaleric acid
  7. isovaleronitrile
  8. isovaleryl
  9. isovalerylcarnitine
  10. isovaline
  11. isovalue

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