moronic acid
moronic acid noun: a triterpenoid organic acid that is found in Pistacia resin.
Noun
moronic acid (countable and uncountable, plural moronic acids)
- A triterpenoid organic acid that is found in Pistacia resin.
- Two major anti-HSV compounds, moronic acid and betulonic acid, were isolated from the herbal extract using ethyl acetate at pH 10. Moronic acid was quantitatively the major anti-HSV compound in the ethyl acetate-soluble fraction.2001, J. L. C. H. van Valkenburg, Ludivina S. De Padua, N. Bunyapraphatsara, Roeland Hendrikus Maria Julien Lemmens, Medicinal and Poisonous Plants, Part 2, page 471
- However, a previous analysis of Steen's Supper at Emmaeus revealed that his varnish contains more moronic acid than other 17ᵗʰ century varnishes.⁴⁹2008, Amanda J. Norbutus, thesis, Technical Investigation of the Materials and Methods Utilized in a Copy of a 17ᵗʰ Century Dutch Genre Painting: Gerrit Dou's Man Interrupted at His Writing (1635)...
- Synonyms:
- ambronic acid
Synonyms of moronic acid
- ambronic acid
Forms of moronic acid
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Origin of moronic acid
From morolic acid (the exocyclic hydroxy form), from mora (“tree of genus Mora”), morolic acid having been extracted from the species Mora excelsa.
Questions about moronic acid
- What does moronic acid mean?
- Moronic acid means a triterpenoid organic acid that is found in Pistacia resin.
- What part of speech is moronic acid?
- Moronic acid is a noun.
- What is the plural of moronic acid?
- The plural of moronic acid is moronic acids.
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