Flashcards: Organic acids

Phosphocreatine, also known as creatine phosphate (CP) or PCr (Pcr), is a phosphorylated creatine molecule that serves as a rapidly mobilizable reserve of high-energy phosphates in skeletal muscle and the brain.

Dehydroacetic acid is an organic compound.

Carthamin is a natural red pigment derived from safflower (Carthamus tinctorius), earlier known as carthamine.

Chlorogenic acid (CGA) is a natural chemical compound which is the ester of caffeic acid and (−)-quinic acid.

Ascorbic acid is a naturally occurring organic compound with antioxidant properties.

Fulminic acid is a chemical compound with a molecular formula HCNO.

Nucleic acids are biopolymers, or large biomolecules, essential for all known forms of life.

Cyanuric acid or 1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6-triol is a chemical compound with the formula (CNOH)3.

Inosinic acid or inosine monophosphate (IMP) is a nucleoside monophosphate.

Peracetic acid (also known as peroxyacetic acid, or PAA), is an organic compound with the formula CH3CO3H.

Uric acid is a heterocyclic compound of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and hydrogen with the formula C5H4N4O3.

Phytic acid (known as inositol hexakisphosphate (IP6), inositol polyphosphate, or phytate when in salt form), discovered in 1903, a saturated cyclic acid, is the principal storage form of phosphorus in many plant tissues, especially bran and seeds.

Poly(acrylic acid) (PAA or Carbomer) is generic name for synthetic high molecular weight polymers of acrylic acid.

Usnic acid is a naturally occurring dibenzofuran derivative found in several lichen species with the formula C18H16O7.

Pyroligneous acid, also called wood vinegar or wood acid, is a dark liquid produced by the destructive distillation of wood and other plant materials.

Squaric acid, also called quadratic acid, because its four carbon atoms approximately form a square, is an organic compound with chemical formula C4H2O4.

Dichloroisocyanuric acid, also known as dichlor or dichloro-s-triazinetrione and is marketed under many names (e.g. troclosene), is a chemical compound with the formula (C(O)NCl)2(C(O)NH).

Methaneseleninic acid (methylseleninic acid or MSA) is a seleninic acid with the chemical formula CH3SeO2H).

Thioacetic acid is an organosulfur compound with the molecular formula CH3COSH.

Meldrum's acid or 2,2-dimethyl-1,3-dioxane-4,6-dione is an organic compound.

Dehydroascorbic acid (DHA) is an oxidized form of ascorbic acid (vitamin C).

Piperic acid is a chemical often obtained by the base-hydrolysis of the alkaloid piperine from black pepper, followed by acidification of the corresponding salt.

Tetrahydroxy-1,4-benzoquinone, also called tetrahydroxy-p-benzoquinone, tetrahydroxybenzoquinone, or tetrahydroxyquinone (THBQ, THQ), is an organic compound with formula C6O2(OH)4.

Orthoformic acid or methanetriol is a hypothetical compound with the formula HC(OH)3.

Aspergillic acid is an organic chemical compound with the molecular formula C12H20N2O2.

Glucic acid is an acid produced by the action of acids on cane-sugar or of alkalis on glucose.

Orthoacetic acid or ethane-1,1,1-triol is an hypothetical organic compound with formula C2H6O3 or H3C-C(OH)3.

Corosolic acid is a pentacyclic triterpene acid found in Lagerstroemia speciosa.

Cyanoform (tricyanomethane) is a cyanocarbon and derivative of methane with three cyano groups.