shikimic acid

Noun

 * 1)  A naturally occurring organic compound, 3,4,5-trihydroxy-1-cyclohexene-1-carboxylic acid, extracted commercially from star anise; it is the base of very many natural products and is used in the production of the antiviral drug Tamiflu.

Translations

 * Arabic: حمض الشيكيميك
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 莽草酸
 * Finnish: sikimihappo
 * German:
 * Japanese: シキミ酸
 * Portuguese: ácido chiquímico, ácido shiquímico, ácido shikímico
 * Russian: шики́мовая кислота
 * Spanish: ácido shikímico, ácido siquímico