chondroiticadj.
/kɒndrəʊˈɪtɪk/ chondroitic acid n. [translating German chrondroitsäure (C. Boedeker 1861, in Ann. d. Chemie CXVII. 111)] (see quot. 1944).
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chondroitic acid1885
1885 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 48 405 Bödeker found that on boiling cartilage with mineral acid, a substance was obtained, which he named chondroitic acid... The author made four preparations of this so-called chondroitic acid.
1895 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 68 254 (heading) Chondroitin-sulphuric acid... This substance, originally named chondroitic acid, is an ethereal hydrogen sulphate, and has been found in certain forms of cartilage.
1944 Hackh's Chem. Dict. (ed. 3) 197/2 Chondroitic acid, C18H27O17NS..An acid of cartilage, found in traces in urine; splits into chondroitin.
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