COOH) represents the protonated form of the organic acid, whereas lactate (CH₃CH (OH)COO⁻) represents its conjugated base.

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A hemoglobin test measures the amount of hemoglobin in red blood cells, which is essential for transporting oxygen throughout the body and carbon dioxide back to the lungs. Normal hemoglobin levels ...

Banga and Szent-Györgyi 1 recently described a new enzyme, dioximaleic acid oxidase, which catalyses the aerobic oxidation of dioximaleic acid to the corresponding diketo acid.

IN 1883 Yoshida 1 discovered, in the latex of the Japanese lacquer tree (Rhus vernicifera), a thermolabile substance which was responsible for the darkening and hardening of the lacquer.