A crystalline acid whose tricyclic molecule is the basis of the structures of the pteroylglutamic acids (in which glutamate residues are linked to the carboxyl group of the acid).
Origin
1940s.
Definition of pteroic acid in US English:
pteroic acid
noun
Chemistry
A crystalline acid whose tricyclic molecule is the basis of the structures of the pteroylglutamic acids (in which glutamate residues are linked to the carboxyl group of the acid).