saccharic
[ suh-kar-ik ]
adjectiveChemistry.
of or derived from saccharin or a saccharine substance.
of or derived from saccharic acid.
Origin of saccharic
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How to use saccharic in a sentence
When boiled with nitric acid, it is oxidized to mucic, saccharic, and oxalic acids.
The Chemistry of Plant Life | Roscoe Wilfred ThatcherOn reduction glucose appears to yield the hexahydric alcohol d-sorbite, and on oxidation d-gluconic and d-saccharic acids.
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 PaulModerately strong nitric acid changes it into mucic, saccharic, tartaric and oxalic acids.
Used to make nitro-saccharate of lead, and as a source of saccharic acid.
Cooley's Practical Receipts, Volume II | Arnold Cooley
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