Meanings
noundehydroquinic acid (countable and uncountable, plural dehydroquinic acids)
plural dehydroquinic acids
- countableuncountablechemistryAny oxidized form of quinic acid, but especially 3-dehydroquinic acid which is an intermediate in the shikimate pathway
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