fumaric acid

noun

an unsaturated organic dicarboxylic acid, HOOCCH=CHCOOH, the geometric isomer of maleic acid from which it may be prepared by heating; it is found in many plants, including fungi and mosses, and is essential in the chemistry of respiration; it has a number of industrial applications, and its esters, the fumarates, are used in the treatment of psoriasis

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trans-butenedioic acidE297 when used as an acidity regulator
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Meanings

nounfumaric acid (countable and uncountable, plural fumaric acids)

plural fumaric acids

  1. countableuncountablechemistryan unsaturated organic dicarboxylic acid, HOOCCH=CHCOOH, the geometric isomer of maleic acid from which it may be prepared by heating; it is found in many plants, including fungi and mosses, and is essential in the chemistry of respiration; it has a number of industrial applications, and its esters, the fumarates, are used in the treatment of psoriasis

    Synonyms: trans-butenedioic acid, E297 when used as an acidity regulator

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan unsaturated organic dicarboxylic acid, HOOCCH=CHCOOH, the geometric isomer of maleic acid from which it may be prepared by heating; it is found in many plants, including fungi and mosses, and is essential in the chemistry of respiration; it has a number of industrial applications, and its esters, the fumarates, are used in the treatment of psoriasis

Similar
trans-butenedioic acidE297 when used as an acidity regulator

Origin

From Fumaria.

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