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glycolic acid
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glycolic acid /gly·col·ic acid/ (gli-kol´ik) an intermediate in the conversion of serine to glycine; it is accumulated and excreted in primary hyperoxaluria (type I).
gly·col·ic acid (gl-klk)
n.
A colorless crystalline compound found in sugar beets, cane sugar, and unripe grapes that is used in pharmaceuticals and pesticides.

glycolic acid
the primary toxic metabolic product of ethylene glycol.


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9) Suitable anionic polysaccharides for this purpose are claimed to be selected from aluminum starch octenylsuccinate, sodium starch octenylsuccinate, calcium starch octenylsuccinate, distarch phosphates, hydroxyethyl starch phosphates, hydroxypropyl starch phosphates, sodium carboxymethyl starches, and sodium starch glycolate.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Cost and Quality Cost and quality advantages will extend market opportunities for starch-based pharmaceutical excipients, with pregelatinized starch fillers and binders and sodium starch glycolate disintegrants realizing the best sales growth.
These contain something called "glycolic compound" - a pH-balanced complex of glycolic acid and ammonium glycolate.
 
 
 
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