See Also: Glyoxal(medicine)
glyoxal(dictionary)
glyoxal oxidase(medicine)

glyoxal (iou)



glyoxal noun. M19.
[from GLY(COL + OX(ALIC + -AL2.]
Chemistry. The compound (CHO)2, occurring as yellow crystals or a yellow liquid and used industrially.
glyoxylate noun a salt or ester, or the anion, of glyoxylic acid (
glyoxylate cycle, a variant of the Krebs cycle in some micro-organisms) M19.
glyoxaline noun = IMIDAZOLE M19.
glyo'xylic adjective:
glyoxylic acid, the acid CHOCOOH, a syrupy liquid, and its hydrated crystalline form CH(OH)2COOH, which is a metabolic intermediate and occurs esp. in unripe fruit M19.