Succinic acid Moderate

Succinic acid has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Definitions

Noun

a dicarboxylic acid (C4H6O4) active in metabolic processes

succinic acid

A colourless crystalline dicarboxylic acid, (CH₂COOH)₂, that occurs naturally in amber and is important in the metabolic Krebs cycle.

See Also

succin krebs cycle adenylosuccinic acid amber succinate aspartic acid carboxylic acid succinimide

Related Terms

succin krebs cycle adenylosuccinic acid amber succinate aspartic acid carboxylic acid succinimide succinamic acid succinamide colourless succinated hemisuccinate succinyl crystalline metabolic dimercaptosuccinic butanedioic acid naturally occur

Broader Terms (hypernyms)

carboxylic acid

Rhyming Words

cid acid scid picid arcid alcid mucid lucid ficid lycid coccid esocid odacid marcid muscid raucid chacid viscid caecid diacid

Compare