WATER-SOLUBLE ORGANIC ACIDS 



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TABLE 1. SOME NATURALLY OCCURRING ORGANIC ACIDS 



COOH 



shikimic 



Illicium spp. 



CH 



X 



CHCH2COOH 



CH. 



iso-valeric 



Valeriana spp. 



COOH 



quimc 



Vaccinium spp. 



