mucic acid

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Etymology

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From Swedish mjölk-socker-syra (milk-sugar-acid).

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mucic acid (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) A dicarboxylic acid, HOOC-(CHOH)4-COOH, produced by the oxidation of the milk sugar galactose, used as a test for the presence of galactose and/or lactose.

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