Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dehydroquinic acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-hy-dro-quinic acid
IPA
39
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any oxidized form of quinic acid, but especially 3-dehydroquinic acid which is an intermediate in the shikimate pathway

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From dehydro- + quinic acid.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

dehydroquinic acids (plural)

Questions

What does dehydroquinic acid mean?
Any oxidized form of quinic acid, but especially 3-dehydroquinic acid which is an intermediate in the shikimate pathway
Where does dehydroquinic acid come from?
From dehydro- + quinic acid.

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