"Malic" Quotes from Famous Books
... trees contain caoutchouc and gum; peppers,[26] ethereal oils, alkaloids, piperin, white resin, and malic acid. Datisca cannabina[27] contains a coloring matter and another substance peculiar to itself, datiscin, a kind of starch, or allied ... — Scientific American Supplement, No. 623, December 10, 1887 • Various
... you stand, and sometimes walk, on the tops of mountains, where cold is the demon they contend with, than anything else. No wonder they are prompted to grow thorns at last, to defend themselves against such foes. In their thorniness, however, there is no malice, only some malic acid. ... — Wild Apples • Henry David Thoreau |