oxalic acid (redirected from Dimethyl oxalate)

oxalic acid /ox·al·ic ac·id/ (ok-sal´ik) a dicarboxylic acid occurring in various fruits and vegetables and as a metabolic product of glyoxylic or ascorbic acid; it is not metabolized but is excreted in the urine. Excess may lead to formation of calcium oxalate calculi in the kidney.

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ox·al·ic acid (k-slk)

n.

A poisonous crystalline organic acid found in many plants and used as an agent in chemical reduction.

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oxalic acid

a poisonous, dibasic acid found in various fruits and vegetables, and formed in the metabolism of ascorbic acid. In plants the acid is present in the form of oxalate.

The commercial acid is highly toxic and if ingested should be neutralized by the administration of lime water (calcium hydroxide solution) or other convenient source of calcium, which reacts with the acid to form insoluble calcium oxalate.

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oxalic acid test papers

used to detect indole production in an indole test.