gluconic acid Chem.
(gl(j)uːˈkɒnɪk)
[tr. G. gluconsäure gluconic acid (Hlasiwetz & Habermann 1870, in Ann. d. Chem. und Pharm. CLV. 125), f. gluco + -onic.]
The acid derived from glucose by oxidation of the aldehyde group to a carboxyl group.
| 1871 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XXIV. 547 Hlasiwetz..considers gluconic acid to be bibasic. 1929 Industr. & Engin. Chem. XXI. 1198 (heading) Semi-plant production of gluconic acid by mold fermentation. 1963 E. Percival in Florkin & Stotz Comprehensive Biochem. V. ii. 73 Gluconic acid is important in the pharmaceutical, food, animal feeding stuffs and general chemical industries. 1970 J. F. R. Kuck in C. N. Graymore Biochem. Eye iii. 213 The role of gluconic acid, found in the human lens by van Heyningen (1958), is unknown. |