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Meaning of oxaloacetic acid | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. One of the constituents of the citric acid cycle, formed by the oxidation of malic acid and via the transamination of aspartic acid; an intermediate in the synthesis of amino acids and the metabolism of carbohydrates
    uncountable
  2. a colourless crystalline organic carboxylic acid, butan-2-one-1,4-dicarboxylic acid, COOH.CH₂.CO.COOH
    uncountable

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

oxalocrotonate oxalocrotonic acid oxalodiacetic acid oxaloglutarate oxaloglutaric acid oxalomalate

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