propionic acid
a colorless, oily, water-soluble liquid, C3H6O2, having a pungent odor: used in making bread-mold-inhibiting propionates, in perfumery, and in medicine as a topical fungicide.
Origin of propionic acid
1- Also called methylacetic acid.
- Also propanoic acid.
Words Nearby propionic acid
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How to use propionic acid in a sentence
propionic acid is formed at the same time as the eyes, and they are said to be the result of a propionic ferment of lactic acid.
The Book of Cheese | Charles Thom and Walter Warner FiskThis reaction is caused by the tyrosine group (p. oxy α amido phenyl-propionic acid).
Animal Proteins | Hugh Garner BennettWhen fused with an alkali, it forms propionic acid; with biomine it yields αβ-dibromisobutyric acid.
British Dictionary definitions for propionic acid
/ (ˌprəʊpɪˈɒnɪk) /
the former name for propanoic acid
Origin of propionic acid
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for propionic acid
[ prō′pē-ŏn′ĭk ]
A liquid fatty acid found naturally in sweat and milk products and as a product of bacterial fermentation. It is also prepared synthetically from ethanol and carbon monoxide, and is used chiefly in the form of its propionates as a mold inhibitor in bread and as an ingredient in perfume. Chemical formula: C3H6O2.
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