pantoicadj.
/panˈtəʊɪk/, U.S. /pænˈtoʊɪk/ Biochemistry.
pantoic acid n. a crystalline carboxylic acid of which pantothenic acid is a derivative; 2,4-dihydroxy-3,3-dimethylbutanoic acid, HOCH2·C(CH3)2·CH(OH)·COOH.
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rutinic acid1845
rutic acid1848
glyoxylic acid1856
malonic acid1859
piperic acid1863
butalanine1865
methacrylic acid1865
barbituric acid1866
pichuric acid1866
carboxylic acid1868
gluconic acid1871
xylic acid1872
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formobenzoic1873
nicotinic acid1873
hydracrylic acid1877
undecylenic acid1879
isonicotinic acid1883
isatoic acid1885
linolenic acid1887
hendecenoic acid1889
heptenoic acid1889
mannonic acid1890
phenolcarboxylic acid1893
naphthenic acid1894
aldonic acid1904
naphthaleneacetic acid1917
heptanoic acid1928
hexuronic acid1928
pantothenic acid1933
neuraminic acid1942
pantoic acid1945
penicillanic acid1953
mevalonic acid1957
retinoic acid1960
isobutyric acid-
1945 Jrnl. Biol. Chem. 161 513 In connection with studies on the antagonistic action of pantoyltaurine on salicylate inhibition of Escherichia coli we have observed that pantoic acid, or, more properly, the pantoate ion, is more active than pantolactone.
1966 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. (rev. ed.) XIV. 259/2 α-Ketoisovaleric acid..is also a precursor of leucine and of the pantoic acid moiety of pantothenic acid.
1995 Amer. Scientist Sept. 437/1 Researchers have obtained under plausible prebiotic conditions the three molecules—cysteamine, Β-alanine and pantoic acid—that make up a natural substance known as pantetheine.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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