The chemical analysis of its juice discovers its composition to be a peculiar crystallizable principle, called asparagin, albumen, mannite, malic acid, and some salts.
Malic acid has no smell, but a very sour taste, deliquesces by absorption of moisture from the air, is soluble in alcohol, fuses at 150 deg.
The residuary mother water is generally regarded as malic acid, but it also contains both oxalic and nitric acids; and if heated with 6 parts of the latter acid, it will yield a good deal more oxalic acid at the expense of the malic.
The brown crystals now formed being, however, penetrated with nitric, as well as malic acid, must be allowed to dry and effloresce in warm dry air, whereby the nitric acid will be got rid of without injury to the oxalic.
Malic acid is slightly deliquescent, very soluble in water, soluble in alcohol, and has a pleasant acidulous taste.
C2H2(CO2H)2, and produced artificially in many ways, as by the distillation of malic acid; boletic acid.
Malic acid, a hydroxy acid obtained as a substance which is sirupy or crystallized with difficulty, and has a strong but pleasant sour taste.
Defn: Pertaining to, or obtained from, apples; as, malic acid.
Malic acid has, however, been discovered to be present in the prothallus as a whole.
Although the nature of the substance is not exactly known, it is suggested that this may be malic acid, seeing that experiments have shown that the spermatozoids are attracted to this product when it is artificially introduced.
Add acetic acid to the filtrate till slightly alkaline, boil till carbon dioxid is expelled, and if on the addition of calcium sulfate a precipitate forms, it indicates the presence of malic acid.
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