Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In chem., pertaining to or obtained from fumitory, a plant of the genus Fumaria.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, fumitory (
Fumaria officinalis ). - adjective (Chem.) a widely occurring organic acid, extracted from fumitory as a white crystallline substance, C2H2(CO2H)2, and produced artificially in many ways, as by the distillation of malic acid; boletic acid. It is found also in the lichen, Iceland moss, and hence was also called
lichenic acid .
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- adjective Of, pertaining to, or derived from
fumitory - adjective Of or pertaining to
fumaric acid or its derivatives
Etymologies
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Examples
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Adipic acid and fumaric acid, plus artificial flavor, aid in the reconstitution process.
Deeper Jeff Long 2007
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Adipic acid and fumaric acid, plus artificial flavor, aid in the reconstitution process.
Deeper Jeff Long 2007
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Citric and tartaric acids give a rapid impression of acidity, while malic, lactic, and fumaric acids are slower to register on the tongue.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Citric and tartaric acids give a rapid impression of acidity, while malic, lactic, and fumaric acids are slower to register on the tongue.
On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004
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Szent-Györgyi (1937) vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid
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Many indigenous fermentations are carried out by acid-producing microorganisms, where these organic acids (e.g., lactic, acetic, fumaric acids) act as preservatives or as bacteriostatic agents.
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These acids transfer the system into the order: oxalacetic acid, malic acid, fumaric acid, and succinic acid, then, in the form of active hydrogen, to encounter the active oxygen from «the red system» and form water and free energy - a series of providentially subdued explosions which I alluded to before as a dramatic encounter.
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Nobel, have awarded the Prize for Physiology or Medicine for the year 1937 to Professor Albert von Szent-Györgyi, in recognition of his discoveries concerning the biological combustion processes with especial reference to vitamin C and to the fumaric acid catalyst.
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It contains "fumaric acid," and the alkaloid "fumarina," which are specially useful for scrofulous diseases of the skin.
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Other ingredients are adipic acid, maltodextrin, disodium phosphate, fumaric acid, less than 2 percent of natural and artificial flavor, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, red 40 and
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