pimelicadj.
/pᵻˈmɛlɪk/, U.S. /pəˈmɛlɪk/ Chemistry.
pimelic acid n. a crystalline, saturated, straight-chain fatty acid isolated from oxidized fats and used in biochemical research and in the plastic industry; heptanedioic acid, HOOC(CH2)5COOH.
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melilithic acid1803
melanic acid1822
fulminic acid1824
sulphovinic acid1826
xanthic acid1831
alcoothionic acid1834
althionic acid1834
naphthalic acid1837
murexan1838
oxalhydric acid1838
pimelic acid1838
pyruvic acid1838
thionuric acid1838
glucic acid1840
sericic acid1841
anthranilic acid1842
acrylic acid1843
ulmin1843
rhoeadic acid1846
alizaric acid1848
thiacetic acid1854
fulminuric acid1855
phthalic acid1857
anchoic acid1858
graphitic acid1864
tropic acid1867
thymotic acid1868
octoic acid1881
nucleinic acid1893
polyphosphoric acid1895
hydnocarpic acid1905
glucuronic acid1909
octanoic acid1909
Reinecke acid1928
propenoic acid1948
lipoic acid1951
picloram1965
wyerone acid1970
1838 Brit. Ann. & Epitome Progress Sci. 1839 349 Pimelic acid..was obtained by Laurent from the mother liquor.
1902 Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 29 336 On long-continued heating [of cocoa-nut oil] with nitric acid the following dibasic acids are formed: succinic, adipic, pimelic, suberic and azelaic.
1950 L. E. Hawker Physiol. Fungi iii. 93 Adenine, hemin and pimelic acid, which promote the growth of various bacteria, have not been shown to be essential ingredients of the medium for the growth of any yeast.
1993 Q. Rev. Biol. 68 181/2 The three mutants all appeared to be concerned with the same biochemical step, since they each required biotin..for growth and did not respond to pimelic acid.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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