shikimic acid

English

Noun

shikimic acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) 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: حمض الشيكيميك
• 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: шики́мовая кислота f (šikímovaja kislota)
• Spanish: ácido shikímico m, ácido siquímico m