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phytic acid

[ fahy-tik, fit-ik ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a white to pale-yellow, water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 1 8 O 2 4 P 6 , found in cereal grains: used chiefly to chelate heavy metals during the manufacture of animal fats and vegetable oils and as a water-softening agent.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of phytic acid1

1905–10; phyt ( in ) a salt of phytic acid (< German Phytin < Greek phyt ( ón ) plant + German -in -in 2 ) + -ic

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