hydroxy acid

any organic compound having at least one carboxyl group and at least one hydroxyl group
ChemicalSubstance structural_class_of_chemical_entities Q10528967
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hydroxy acid

Summary

hydroxy acid is a structural class of chemical entities[1]. It draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (structural_class_of_chemical_entities category, ranking #233 of 1,029).[2]

Key Facts

  • hydroxy acid's instance of is recorded as structural class of chemical entities[3].
  • hydroxy acid's chemical structure is recorded as Hydroxycarboxylic acids Structural Formulae V.1.svg[4].
  • hydroxy acid's subclass of is recorded as carboxylic acid[5].
  • hydroxy acid's subclass of is recorded as alcohols[6].
  • hydroxy acid's Commons category is recorded as Hydroxy acids[7].
  • hydroxy acid's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D006880[8].
  • hydroxy acid's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0b4fjv[9].
  • hydroxy acid's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0clzcv7[10].
  • hydroxy acid's MeSH tree code is recorded as D02.241.511[11].
  • hydroxy acid's ChEBI ID is recorded as 24669[12].
  • hydroxy acid's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hydroxy acids[13].
  • hydroxy acid's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • hydroxy acid's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 12[15].
  • hydroxy acid's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/hydroxy-acid[16].
  • hydroxy acid's topic has template is recorded as Q10555375[17].
  • hydroxy acid's different from is recorded as C10H18O5[18].
  • hydroxy acid's UMLS CUI is recorded as C0020317[19].
  • hydroxy acid's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as hydroxy-acids[20].
  • hydroxy acid's Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID is recorded as hydroxycarbonsäuren[21].
  • hydroxy acid's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007534872005171[22].
  • hydroxy acid's Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID is recorded as gidroksikisloty-9b4403[23].

Why It Matters

hydroxy acid draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (structural_class_of_chemical_entities category, ranking #233 of 1,029).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hydroxy-acid_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{hydroxy acid}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hydroxy-acid}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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