levulinic acid

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levulinic acid [¦lev·yə¦lin·ik ′as·əd]

(organic chemistry)

CH₃COCH₂CH₂COOH Crystalline compound forming plates or leaflets that melt at 37°C; freely soluble in alcohol, ether, and chloroform; used in the manufacture of pharmaceuticals, plastics, rubber, and synthetic fibers.

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No references found			1999) and weak organic acids such as acetic acid as well as formic and levulinic acids that are formed from the breakdown of HMF and furfural (Larsson et al. Effects of selected by-products of an acid hydrolyzate on cell growth ... by Hwang, Huey-Min / Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences Fezza explains that this involves pairing an ELOS laser treatment--a combination of intense light and radio frequency--with levulinic acid. Is less more? New noninvasive cosmetic technologies are worth a look, ... by Varma, Anu / Sarasota Magazine Other substances experimented with included levulinic acid, which increased the brain's take-up of nicotine, and pyridine, which belongs to the same chemical family as nicotine and interacts with it. CHEMICAL WARFARE by Martin, Stephen; McLEAN, JIM / Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			Levkoev, Igor Levkoev, Igor Ivanovich Levkosia levo Levoca levocardia Levocske Hory Levocské Hory levodopa Levomycetin Levon Bogdanovich Zorabian Levon Georgievich Manvelian Levon Isaevich Mirzoian Levon Manvelian Levon Mirzoian Levon Shant Levon Zorabian levophobia levorotation levorotatory enantiomer levotropic cleavage Levshin, Aleksei Levshin, Aleksei Iraklievich Levski, Vasil Levstik, Fran levulinic acid levulorotation levulose levulose tolerance test levy Levy County Levy Hradec Levý Hradec Levy, Gustave Lehman Levy, Paul Lévy, Paul Levy-Bruhl, Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Lucien levyine levyite levyne levynite Lewal, Jules Louis Lewenhaupt, Adam Ludvig Lewes Lewes, George Henry Lewicki, Tadeusz Lewin, Kurt Lewinsky scandal Lewinsky, Josef lewis			levothyroxine sodium Levotirox levotorsion Levotrix levotropic cleavage levoversion levoversion Levoxyl Levret's forceps Levret's forceps Levret's forceps levs levs levs Levs disease LEVSA Levshin, Aleksei Levshin, Aleksei Iraklievich Levsin Levsin Levsin Levsin/SL Levsinex Levski Sofia Football Club Levski, Vasil Levstik Levstik, Fran Levulin Levulinate Levulinic levulinic acid Levulinic acids levulorotation Levulosan levulose levulose levulose levulose tolerance test levulosemia levulosuria LEVVA levy levy levy levy levy Lévy Lévy Lévy Lévy levy a distress levy an excise on Levy and Kook Levy County Levy County Education Association Levy County, FL Levy County, Florida levy en masse Levy Exemption Certificate Levy Hradec Levý Hradec

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