pantoic acid
Biochemistry
noun
A crystalline carboxylic acid of which pantothenic acid is a derivative; 2,4-dihydroxy-3,3-dimethylbutanoic acid, HOCH2·C(CH3)2·CH(OH)·COOH.
Origin
1940s; earliest use found in Journal of Biological Chemistry.
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