Of or relating to malic acid. malic acid n. a colourless crystalline acid which is an intermediate metabolite in the Krebs cycle and in the C4…

Contained in, derived from, the berries of the mountain-ash, Sorbus (now Pyrus) aucuparia. Chiefly in sorbic acid.

any of a class of colloidal polymers of galacturonic acid formed by the hydrolysis of natural pectins; demethylated pectin.

an acid produced by the action of alkali and acid on plant cell walls in fruits and roots; (perhaps) = metapectic acid n. at metapectic, n.

lauric acid, a white crystalline compound (C12H24O2) obtained from the berries of Laurus nobilis. Hence in lauric aldehyde, ether: names of…