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threonic acid

threonic acid noun: a sugar acid, derived from threose, whose L-isomer is a metabolite of ascorbic acid.

Noun

threonic acid (uncountable)

  1. A sugar acid, derived from threose, whose L-isomer is a metabolite of ascorbic acid.

Words formed from threonic acid

Questions about threonic acid

What does threonic acid mean?
Threonic acid means a sugar acid, derived from threose, whose L-isomer is a metabolite of ascorbic acid.
What part of speech is threonic acid?
Threonic acid is a noun.

Words near threonic acid in the dictionary

  1. threofuranoses
  2. threofuranoside
  3. threofuranosides
  4. threonate
  5. threonates
  6. threonic acid
  7. threonin
  8. threonine
  9. threonines
  10. threonins
  11. threonone

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