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Fumaric acid
Meaning
Noun
●
In Organic compounds:
an
unsaturated
organic
dicarboxylic acid
, HOOCCH=CHCOOH, the
geometric isomer
of
maleic acid
from which it may be
prepared
by
heating
; it is found in many
plants
, including
fungi
and
mosses
, and is
essential
in the
chemistry
of
respiration
; it has
a number of
industrial
applications
, and its
esters
, the
fumarates
, are used in the treatment of psoriasis
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