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pyruvic
[ pahy-roo-vik, pi- ]
adjective
, Chemistry.
- of or derived from pyruvic acid.
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(b) The pyruvic acid is then decomposed by carboxylase yielding aldehyde and carbon dioxide (equation 2, p. 109).
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The third stage of Lebedeff's theory postulates the intermediate formation of pyruvic acid.
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The decomposition of pyruvic acid into acetaldehyde and carbon dioxide has already been fully discussed (Chapter VI).
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