shikimic acid

shikimic acid

English

Noun

shikimic acid (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) A naturally occurring organic compound, 3,4,5-Trihydroxy-1-cyclohexene-1-carboxylic Acid, extracted commercially from star anise; it is the base of very many natural products and is used in the production of the antiviral drug Tamiflu.

Translations

shikimic acid

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 莽草酸 (mǎngcǎosuān) Finnish: sikimihappo German: Shikimisäure (de) f

Japanese: シキミ酸 (樒酸, シキミさん, shikimisan) Portuguese: ácido chiquímico m, ácido shiquímico m, ácido shikímico m Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: ácido shikímico m, ácido siquímico m