SACCHARIC See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

ACID  , C6Hi0Os or HOaC[CH:OH]4COL;, in See also:

• CHEMISTRY
• CHEMISTRY (formerly "chymistry"; Gr. xvµela; for derivation see ALCHEMY)

chemistry, a tetraoxydicarboxylic See also:

• ACID (from the Lat. root ac-, sharp; acere, to be sour)

acid which exists in three stereoisomeric forms . The See also:

• ORDINARY (med. Lat. ordinarius, Fr. ordinaire)

ordinary or dextrg (d). saccsharic.acid is formed in the oxidation of See also:

• CANE

cane See also:

• SUGAR

sugar, See also:

• GRAPE

grape sugar, d-glu,conic acid and many other carbohydrates with nitric acid . It forms a., deliquescent See also:

• MASS (O.E. maesse; Fr. messe; Ger. Messe; Ital. messa; from eccl. Lat. missa)
• MASS, IN

mass . On See also:

• STANDING

standing, ,the syrupy acid gives the crystalline lactonic acid,: C6H8Q7 .. , See also:

• SODIUM [symbol Na, from Lat. natrium; atomic weight 23.00 (0=16)]

Sodium See also:

• AMALGAM

amalgam reduces it to glucuronic acid, C6Hro0, or OHC[CH•OHkCO2H, whilst hydriodicacid reduces it to adipic acid, HO2C[CH,].4CO2H . Nitric acid oxidizes it to dextro-lrartaric acid and oxalic acid, Laevo (l)-saccharicacid is formed by oxidizing l-gluconic acid with nitric acid, whilst the inactive (d+l)-acid is obtained sim]lariyfroin inactive glucosnc acid . These acids closely resemble the d acid except, in their See also:

• ACTION

action on polarized See also:

• LIGHT

light . See also:

• POR

Por their relations to the glucoses see SUGAR . Mucic acid (q.v.) is isomeric with these acids .