| glycolic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or derived from, glycol; as, glycolic ether; glycolic acid. <chemistry> Glycolic acid, an organic acid, found naturally in unripe grapes and in the leaves of the wild grape (Ampelopsis quinquefolia), and produced artificially in many ways, as by the oxidation of glycol, whence its name. It is a sirupy, or white crystalline, substance, HO.CH2.CO2H, has the properties both of an alcohol and an acid, and is a type of the hydroxy acids. Synonym: hydroxyacetic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| glycolic acid | <biochemistry> Hydroxyacetic acid, found in young plants and green fruits. Glycolate is formed from ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate in a seemingly wasteful side reaction of photosynthesis, known as photorespiration. (18 Nov 1997) |
| glycolic acid dehydrogenase | <enzyme> Enzyme from human liver converts glycolate to oxalate, acceptor not identified, not oxygen; free glyoxylate is not an intermediate Registry number: EC 1.1.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| glycolic aciduria | Excessive excretion of glycolic acid in the urine; a primary metabolic defect due to deficiency of 2-hydroxy-3-oxoadipate carboxylase, resulting in excretion of glycolic and oxalic acids, leading to the clinical syndrome of oxalosis. (05 Mar 2000) |
| poly(glycolic acid) | A polymer of glycolic acid, used in absorbable surgical sutures. Origin: see poly- (05 Mar 2000) |
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