Quinic acid

White crystalline powder of sour taste

Fixed

1.64 g · cm -3 ( 20 ° C)

165 ° C

290 g · l-1 in water (at 9 ° C)

Risk

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China acid is a Hydoxycarbonsäure. It is found in many fruits, for example, in the star anise.

The quinic acid was first isolated in 1790 by Hofmann, pharmacists in Leer, from the cinchona. Your esters with caffeic acid, in which China acid acts as an alcoholic component is found as chlorogenic acid in coffee.

Quinic acid is an intermediate in the Shikimisäureweges.