Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Derived from or related to valerian.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Valerianic; specifically, designating any one of three metameric acids, of which the typical one (called also
inactive valeric acid ), C4H9CO2H, is obtained fromvalerian root and other sources, as a corrosive, mobile, oily liquid, having a strong acid taste, and an odor of old cheese. - adjective a metameric variety which turns the plane of polarization to the right, although formed by the oxidation of a levorotatory amyl alcohol.
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- adjective organic chemistry Of, pertaining to, or derived from
valeric acid
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Examples
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Valine (from a compound called valeric acid, to which it is chemically related),
The Human Brain Asimov, Isaac 1963
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Using standardized extract (0.8 percent valeric acid), the dose is 50-100 mg, two to three times daily for relaxation.
Hyla Cass, M.D.: Nutrients to Unplug and Recharge Your Body and Mind 2010
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Using standardized extract (0.8 percent valeric acid), the dose is 50-100 mg, two to three times daily for relaxation.
Hyla Cass, M.D.: Nutrients to Unplug and Recharge Your Body and Mind M.D. Hyla Cass 2010
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Now we know of amino acids which as in the example given of delta-amino-eta-valeric acid contain an equal number of COOH and NH2groups; also others in which there is one NH2group more, and still others which contain one COOH group more.
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As an example of such a substance one can put forward amino-valeric acid.
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At the same temperature of 350°C amyl alcohol vapour yields valeric aldehyde and hydrogen with copper, and amylene and water with thoria.
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Marquardt, [8] like Betelli, extracts the fusel oil from alcohol by means of chloroform, and by oxidation converts it into valeric acid.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 Various
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The oil contains geraniol and citronellol, both free, and combined with tiglic, valeric, butyric, and acetic acids; also l-menthone.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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Besides cineol, the oil contains d-pinene, and valeric, butyric, and caproic aldehydes.
The Handbook of Soap Manufacture H. A. Appleton
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If allowed to stand in a test tube, the odor of valeric aldehyde will first be noticed, then that of amyl valerate, and lastly that of valeric acid.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 Various
pekkok commented on the word valeric
An expression of a valeric sense of a word, as described by Paul Valéry (using the dangerous word time as his example):
Paul Valéry: Poetry and Abstract thought. The Art of Poetry, page 55. Bollingen Foundation. New York. 1958.
June 22, 2009