succinic acid

English

Noun

succinic acid (uncountable)

(organic chemistry) A colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH₂COOH)₂, that occurs naturally in amber and is important in the metabolic Krebs cycle.

Synonyms

E363 when used as an acidity regulator

Translations

colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH₂COOH)₂

Catalan: àcid succínic m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 琥珀酸 (zh) (hǔpòsuān)
Finnish: meripihkahappo
French: acide succinique (fr) m

German: Bernsteinsäure (de) f
Hindi: तृणमण्याम्ल (tr̥ṇamaṇyāmla)
Japanese: コハク酸 (kohaku-san), 琥珀酸 (kohaku-san)
Latvian: dzintarskābe f
Spanish: ácido succínico m

Further reading

succinic acid on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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