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ribonic acid

ribonic acid noun: the carboxylic acid (2R,3R,4R)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydroxypentanoic acid derived from ribose.

Noun

ribonic acid (uncountable)

  1. The carboxylic acid (2R,3R,4R)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydroxypentanoic acid derived from ribose

Words formed from ribonic acid

Questions about ribonic acid

What does ribonic acid mean?
Ribonic acid means the carboxylic acid (2R,3R,4R)-2,3,4,5-tetrahydroxypentanoic acid derived from ribose.
What part of speech is ribonic acid?
Ribonic acid is a noun.

Words near ribonic acid in the dictionary

  1. ribolysing
  2. ribolysis
  3. ribolytic
  4. ribolyzation
  5. riboncleoprotein
  6. ribonic acid
  7. ribonolactone
  8. ribonolactones
  9. ribonomic
  10. ribonomics
  11. ribonuclear

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