saccharic

[suh-kar-ik]

adjective Chemistry.

of or derived from saccharin or a saccharine substance.
of or derived from saccharic acid.

Origin of saccharic

First recorded in 1790–1800; sacchar- + -ic

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Prepare a bath with one and one-half per cent., of the weight of feathers, saccharic acid, one-quarter per cent.
The Practical Ostrich Feather Dyer
Alexander Paul
Used to make nitro-saccharate of lead, and as a source of saccharic acid.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II
Arnold Cooley
Moderately strong nitric acid changes it into mucic, saccharic, tartaric and oxalic acids.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6
Various
When boiled with nitric acid, it is oxidized to mucic, saccharic, and oxalic acids.
The Chemistry of Plant Life
Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher