gluconic acid
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of gluconic acid
1870–75; translation of German Glukonsäure; see gluc-, -onic
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Bacteria then transform those compounds into organic acids, primarily acetic acid and gluconic acid.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 23, 2026
One version, ASC1, was acidified with hydrochloric acid, while ASC2 used gluconic acid.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 2, 2026
The bottle was over-pressurized by mixing muriatic and gluconic acid — commonly used in cleaning and for industrial uses — with metal foil, according to charging documents.
From Washington Post
One, fed in a certain way, yields oxalic acid, basic chemical of the blueprint industry; on a different diet it produces the gluconic acid used in medicines.
From Time Magazine Archive
In addition to them there is in milk an organism resembling Mycoderma aceti, which transforms milk sugar into gluconic acid.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 by Various
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