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Alpha hydroxy acids, including glycolic acid, lactic acid, sodium pyrrolidine, and carboxylic acid: These acids are organic and can break down dead skin cells.
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Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 4 June 2025
Follow up laboratory experiments confirmed that these molecules are long-chain carboxylic acids.
—Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
In yellow feathers, the chains ended with a different molecule called carboxylic acid.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
Aliphatic aldehydes, which have been found in some types of carbonaceous meteorites that have fallen to Earth, are precursors of carboxylic acids and amino acids.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2023
Another study found carboxylic acid in our skin to be an important attractant.
—Judy Stone, Forbes, 6 May 2023
The new study had too few participants to say what personal characteristics make someone more likely to produce high levels of carboxylic acids—and there’s no easy way to test your own skin’s carboxylic acid levels outside of the laboratory, Vosshall says.
—Daniel Leonard, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2022
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Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 4 June 2025
Follow up laboratory experiments confirmed that these molecules are long-chain carboxylic acids.
—Discover Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025
In yellow feathers, the chains ended with a different molecule called carboxylic acid.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Nov. 2024
Aliphatic aldehydes, which have been found in some types of carbonaceous meteorites that have fallen to Earth, are precursors of carboxylic acids and amino acids.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 14 Nov. 2023
Another study found carboxylic acid in our skin to be an important attractant.
—Judy Stone, Forbes, 6 May 2023
The new study had too few participants to say what personal characteristics make someone more likely to produce high levels of carboxylic acids—and there’s no easy way to test your own skin’s carboxylic acid levels outside of the laboratory, Vosshall says.
—Daniel Leonard, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2022
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“Carboxylic acid.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carboxylic%20acid. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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