pyruvicacid

py·ru·vic acid (pī-ro͞oʹvĭk, pĭ-) n.

A colorless organic liquid, CH₃COCOOH, formed as an intermediate in carbohydrate metabolism and fermentation and as an end product in glycolysis.

  [pyro- + Latin ūva, grape (from its being produced by the dry distillation of racemic acid, originally derived from grapes) + -ic.]

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