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URONIC ACID [3 records]

Record 1 2024-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Food Industries
  • Pharmacology
CONT

Tragacanth is considered to contain two primary constituents, tragacanthin and bassorin. The lesser, tragacanthin, which is water soluble, has a ring containing three molecules of uronic acid and one molecule of arabinose, with a side chain of two molecules of arabinose.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Pharmacologie
CONT

La gomme adragante est une gomme anionique d'origine iranienne extraite de la sève des branches de différentes espèces d'Astragalus [...]. Elle est composée d'une fraction insoluble appelée bassorine (60-70 % de la gomme), et d'une fraction hydrosoluble appelée tragacanthine (20-30 % de la gomme).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Industria alimentaria
  • Farmacología
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Record 2 2000-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
DEF

A polymeric substance consisting of uronic acid units with glycosidic linkages often in combination with monosaccharides and occurring widely in plants(as in gums and pectic substances) and in soils...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique
DEF

Substance donnant un ou plusieurs acides uroniques par hydrolyse.

Spanish

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Record 3 1996-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
DEF

Any of a class of aldehyde-acids ... that are oxidation products of sugars and that occur combined in many polysacharides and in urine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
DEF

Nom générique des acides-aldéhydes de formule HO2C-(CHOH)4-CHO, qui dérivent des aldoses à six atomes de carbone.

OBS

HO2C-(CHOH)4-CHO.

Spanish

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