Organic Chemical
oxalates
ox·a·lates
Subclass of:
Dicarboxylic Acids
Definitions related to oxalates:
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Strong dicarboxylic acid or its salts or esters occurring in many plants; produced in the body by metabolism of glyoxylic acid or ascorbic acid; not metabolized but excreted in the urine.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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Derivatives of OXALIC ACID. Included under this heading are a broad variety of acid forms, salts, esters, and amides that are derived from the ethanedioic acid structure.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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