Definition of Aconitic

1. a. Of or pertaining to aconite.

2. a. Pert. to or designating a crystalline tribasic acid, &?;, obtained from aconite and other plants. It is a carboxyl derivative of itaconic acid.

Definition of Aconitic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to aconite. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to aconitic acid. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aconitic

1. aconite [adj] - See also: aconite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aconitic

acolyths
acomia
aconative
acondylous
aconidial
aconine
aconital
aconitase
aconitases
aconitate
aconitate hydratase
aconitates
aconite
aconites
aconitia
aconitic (current term)
aconitic acid
aconitine
aconitum
aconitums
acontextual
acontextuality
acontextually
acontia
acop
acopia
acopic
acormus
acorn

Literary usage of Aconitic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1863)
"aconitic acid is tribasic, and forms three classes of salts, viz. ... aconitic acid forms salts, corresponding the three formula! above given ; with sodium ..."

2. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1862)
"If citric acid be heated beyond the point at which acid is formed, the aconitic acid is itself decomposed, acid escapes, and the principal product consists ..."

3. Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1855)
"aconitic acid forms a white, confusedly-crystalline mass, permanent in tho air, ... The salts of aconitic acid possess but little interest; that of baryta ..."

4. Handbook of Organic Chemistry: For the Use of Students by William Gregory, J. Milton Sanders (1857)
"But if the heat be continued, there is given off gas and inflammable vapors, and the residue is no longer citric acid, but hydrated aconitic acid. ..."

5. Lecture Notes for Chemical Students by Edward Frankland (1881)
"aconitic acid is also produced by the action of hydrobromic acid upon citric acid, the reaction taking place in the two ..."

6. Elements of Chemistry: For the Use of Colleges, Academies, and Schools by Victor Regnault (1853)
"The same acid may be obtained by means of the crude product yielded by the imme- aconitic acid melts at about 284°, and distils at 320° ; but the product ..."

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