galactaricadj.
/ˌɡaləkˈtarɪk/, U.S. /ˌɡælækˈtɛrɪk/ Chemistry.
galactaric acid n. a crystalline carboxylic acid obtained by oxidation of lactose and certain plant gums, and used in the synthesis of pyrroles; = mucic acid n. at mucic adj. 1.Systematic name: 2,3,4,5-tetrahydroxyhexanedioic acid; HOOC(CHOH)4COOH.
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1948 W. Pigman & R. M. Goepp Chem. Carbohydrates i. 20 (table) [Common Name] Mucic Acid [Suggested Aric Form] Galactaric Acid.
1948 W. Pigman & R. M. Goepp Chem. Carbohydrates vi. 299 (note) The term ‘aric’ is used with the normal configurational prefix; the tartaric acids are threaric or erythraric acids, mucic acid is galactaric acid, and gluco-saccharic acid is glucaric acid.
1974 Plant Physiol. 53 313/2 The uronic acid oxidase..catalyzes the oxidation of d-galacturonic and d-glucuronic acid to their corresponding hexaric acids, galactaric and glucaric, in the presence of a suitable electron receptor such as molecular oxygen.
1998 F. Côté et al. in B. B. Biswas & H. K. Das Plant–Microbe Interactions xiii. 393 Galactaric acid, the C1-oxidized derivative of galacturonic acid, may be formed during commercial processing of PGA or it may be a natural product formed by the action of a plant galacturonic acid oxidase.
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