Organic Chemical
oxalates
ox·a·lates
Subclass of:
Dicarboxylic Acids
Definitions related to oxalates:
  • 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 Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • 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 Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
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