Preferred Name |
formic acid |
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Synonyms |
Formic acid FORMIC ACID Methanoic acid hydrogen carboxylic acid formylic acid Ameisensaeure methoic acid aminic acid Acide formique H-COOH HCO2H HCOOH bilorin |
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Definitions |
The simplest carboxylic acid, containing a single carbon. Occurs naturally in various sources including the venom of bee and ant stings, and is a useful organic synthetic reagent. Principally used as a preservative and antibacterial agent in livestock feed. Induces severe metabolic acidosis and ocular injury in human subjects. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_30751 |
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database_cross_reference |
MetaCyc:FORMATE DrugBank:DB01942 HMDB:HMDB0000142 PDBeChem:FMT KEGG:C00058 Wikipedia:Formic_acid Patent:CN101481304 KNApSAcK:C00001182 BPDB:1749 |
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definition |
The simplest carboxylic acid, containing a single carbon. Occurs naturally in various sources including the venom of bee and ant stings, and is a useful organic synthetic reagent. Principally used as a preservative and antibacterial agent in livestock feed. Induces severe metabolic acidosis and ocular injury in human subjects. |
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has role |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_74783 http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_33282 |
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has_alternative_id |
CHEBI:42460 CHEBI:24082 CHEBI:5145 |
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has_exact_synonym |
Formic acid FORMIC ACID |
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has_obo_namespace |
chebi_ontology |
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has_related_synonym |
Methanoic acid hydrogen carboxylic acid formylic acid Ameisensaeure methoic acid aminic acid Acide formique H-COOH HCO2H HCOOH bilorin |
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id |
CHEBI:30751 |
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in_subset | ||
is_conjugate_acid_of | ||
label |
formic acid |
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notation |
CHEBI:30751 |
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prefLabel |
formic acid |
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subClassOf |