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syringic acid

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A naturally occurring O-methylated trihydroxybenzoic acid found in various plants.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

Examples

  • 2015, Miia R. Mäkelä, et al., 2. Aromatic Metabolism of Filamentous Fungi, Sima Sariaslani, Geoffrey Michael Gadd, Advances in Applied Microbiology, Elsevier (Academic Press), page 112, The conversion of syringic acid has been studied in detail in the white-rot basidiomycete Sporotrichum pulverulentum (an anamorph of P. chrysosporium) (Eriksson, Gupta, Nishida, & Rao, 1984).

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2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: acide syringique — naturally occurring O-methylated trihydroxybenzoic acid
  • German: Syringasäure — naturally occurring O-methylated trihydroxybenzoic acid