pyruvic acid

English

Noun

pyruvic acid

a colourless liquid; an important intermediate in the metabolism of proteins and carbohydrates, and in fermentation
(chemistry) the simplest aliphatic keto acid, CH₃COCOOH

Related terms

pyruvate

Translations

simplest aliphatic keto acid

Chinese:
Mandarin: 丙酮酸 (zh) (bǐng tóng suān)
Esperanto: piruva acido
Finnish: palorypälehappo (fi)

Hungarian: piroszőlősav
Japanese: 焦性葡萄酸 (しょうせいぶどうさん, shōseibudōsan)
Spanish: ácido pirúvico m
Swedish: pyrodruvsyra (sv) c

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