formic acid

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formic acid

Summary

formic acid is a type of chemical entity[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,434 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • formic acid's instance of is recorded as type of chemical entity[3].
  • formic acid's canonical SMILES is recorded as C(=O)O[4].
  • formic acid's chemical formula is recorded as CH₂O₂[5].
  • formic acid is a type of straight chain fatty acids[6].
  • formic acid is a type of alkanoic acid[7].
  • formic acid is a type of short-chain fatty acid[8].
  • formic acid is part of response to formic acid[9].
  • formic acid's Commons category is recorded as Formic acid[10].
  • formic acid comprises oxygen[11].
  • formic acid comprises carbon[12].
  • formic acid comprises hydrogen[13].
  • formic acid's found in taxon is recorded as Artemisia jacutica[14].
  • formic acid's found in taxon is recorded as Coffea arabica[15].
  • formic acid's found in taxon is recorded as Blepharocalyx tweediei[16].
  • formic acid's found in taxon is recorded as Blepharocalyx salicifolius[17].
  • formic acid's found in taxon is recorded as Lupinus luteus[18].
  • formic acid's found in taxon is recorded as Escherichia coli[19].
  • formic acid's found in taxon is recorded as Isatis tinctoria[20].
  • formic acid's found in taxon is recorded as Salvia sclarea[21].
  • formic acid's found in taxon is recorded as Oecophylla smaragdina[22].
  • formic acid's found in taxon is recorded as Homo sapiens[23].
  • formic acid's found in taxon is recorded as Cochlospermum planchonii[24].
  • formic acid's found in taxon is recorded as Caenorhabditis elegans[25].
  • formic acid's found in taxon is recorded as Humulus lupulus[26].
  • formic acid's found in taxon is recorded as Apium graveolens[27].

Why It Matters

formic acid ranks in the top 2% of type_of_chemical_entity entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,434 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 113 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . PubChem. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Gene Ontology release 2019-11-16. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . A pharmacognostic study of Piscidia Erythrina. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . New volatile components of roasted coffee. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Constituents of the essential oil of Blepharocalyx tweediei. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Constituents of the essential oil of Blepharocalyx tweediei. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Separation and identification of organic acids in root exudates ofLupinus luteus by capillary zone electrophoresis. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Carbon metabolism regulates expression of the pfl (pyruvate formate-lyase) gene in Escherichia coli. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Chemical consitituents from root of Isatis indigotica. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Constituents of the Essential Oil of Salvia sclarea Growing Wild in Greece. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Volatile constitutents of the green ant Oecophylla smaragdina.. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Recon 2.2: from reconstruction to model of human metabolism. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . The hepatoprotective cytochrome P-450 enzyme inhibitor isolated from the Nigerian medicinal plant Cochlospermum planchonii is a zinc salt. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Modeling Meets Metabolomics-The WormJam Consensus Model as Basis for Metabolic Studies in the Model Organism. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Direct thermal desorption-gas chromatography and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry profiling of hop (Humulus lupulus L.) essential oils in support of varietal characterization. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Phytochemical and biological characterization of Italian "sedano bianco di Sperlonga" Protected Geographical Indication celery ecotype: A multimethodological approach. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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