malic acid

Term ID

CHEBI:6650

Synonyms

• 2-hydroxybutanedioic acid
• 2-Hydroxyethane-1,2-dicarboxylic acid
• 2-Hydroxysuccinic acid
• Aepfelsaeure
• alpha-hydroxysuccinic acid
• apple acid
• DL-Malic acid
• E296
• H2mal
• hydroxybutanedioic acid
• hydroxysuccinic acid
• Malic acid

Definition

A 2-hydroxydicarboxylic acid that is succinic acid in which one of the hydrogens attached to a carbon is replaced by a hydroxy group.

References

• cas:6915-15-7
• gmelin:3325
• hmdb:HMDB0000744
• kegg.compound:C00711
• kegg.drug:D04843
• metacyc.compound:RS-Malate
• ppdb:1352
• pubmed:15767321
• pubmed:17190852
• pubmed:17439666
• pubmed:17896933
• pubmed:19743855
• pubmed:22411507
• reaxys:1723539
• wikipedia.en:Malic_acid

Ontology

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