noun
succinic acid
A dicarboxylic acid found in amber and living organisms; used in food additives and chemical synthesis.
コハク酸はクエン酸回路の中間体の一つです。
Succinic acid is one of the intermediates in the citric acid cycle.
琥珀 means 'amber', the fossilized resin from which succinic acid was first obtained.
From 琥珀 (amber) + 酸 (acid), as succinic acid was originally obtained from amber.