saccharic

[ suh-kar-ik ]

adjective

, Chemistry.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of saccharic¹

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

Example Sentences

When boiled with nitric acid, it is oxidized to mucic, saccharic, and oxalic acids.

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On reduction glucose appears to yield the hexahydric alcohol d-sorbite, and on oxidation d-gluconic and d-saccharic acids.

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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.

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Moderately strong nitric acid changes it into mucic, saccharic, tartaric and oxalic acids.

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Used to make nitro-saccharate of lead, and as a source of saccharic acid.

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