noun

• A radical formed by the removal of hydrogen ions from an acid.

  ‘The amino acid radical thus formed may react with a neighboring cytosine and lead to the formation of a cross-link.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘Elucidating the behavior of amino acid radicals has major implications in biochemistry and medicinal chemistry.’
  • ‘Anionic dyes are those with one or more acid radicals, in most cases sulfonic acid radicals.’
  • ‘A monoglyceride, or monoacylglycerol, has only one fatty acid radical per molecule of glycerol.’
  • ‘Hydrogen ions in an acid solution are not free; they are always mated with negative acid radicals.’