saccharic acid

noun Chemistry.

1. a white, needlelike, crystalline, water-soluble solid or syrup, C6H10O8, usually made by the oxidation of cane sugar, glucose, or starch by nitric acid.

noun

1. a white soluble solid dicarboxylic acid obtained by the oxidation of cane sugar or starch; 2,3,4,5-tetrahydroxy-hexanedioic acid. Formula: COOH(CHOH) 4 COOH

n.

1. A white crystalline acid that is formed by the oxidation of glucose, sucrose, or starch.