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phthioic, a. Biochem.|fθaɪˈəʊɪk| [f. phthisis + -oic.] phthioic acid: a yellowish oil, now known to be a mixture of fatty acids, which was orig. obtained from tubercle bacilli and is capable of inducing the symptoms of tuberculosis; hence, any of these constituent acids or their synthetic derivatives.
1929R. J. Anderson in Jrnl. Biol. Chem. LXXXIII. 171 In order to indicate the relation of this acid to tuberculosis we wish to designate it by the name phthioic acid. 1946Nature 5 Oct. 489/1 Phthioic acid C26H52O2, is a liquid saturated fatty acid isolated from the lipoids of tubercle bacilli. 1951Chem. & Industry 11 Aug. 685/1 Recent work on the fatty acids of the lipins of tubercle bacilli has shown that Anderson's phthioic acid was a mixture. 1964W. Pagel et al. Pulmonary Tuberculosis (ed. 4) ii. 31 Phthioic acids synthetized [sic] by Robinson (1946) were shown to produce necrosis and granulomata in guinea-pigs. |