isovaleric acid

noun

A natural fatty acid with a pungent smell, found in a wide variety of plants and essential oils, whose volatile esters are used in perfumery.

Similar
3-methylbutyric aciddelphinic acidisopentanoic acid
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Meanings

nounisovaleric acid (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA natural fatty acid with a pungent smell, found in a wide variety of plants and essential oils, whose volatile esters are used in perfumery.

    Synonyms: 3-methylbutyric acid, delphinic acid, isopentanoic acid

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA natural fatty acid with a pungent smell, found in a wide variety of plants and essential oils, whose volatile esters are used in perfumery.

Similar
3-methylbutyric aciddelphinic acidisopentanoic acid
Also see
methylbutyric acid

Origin

From iso- + valeric acid.

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