has role is protonated form of formate metabolite monocarboxylic acid formic acid pubmed:16465784 pubmed:22304812 cas:64-18-6 pubmed:18034701 CHEBI:42460 metacyc.compound:FORMATE pubmed:12591956 pubmed:22080171 FORMIC ACID pubmed:7361809 pubmed:22385261 formic acid pubmed:22499553 pubmed:3946945 pubmed:16222862 Formic acid FORMIC ACID kegg.compound:C00058 pubmed:22606986 pubmed:15811469 Methanoic acid CHEBI:5145 knapsack:C00001182 Acide formique wikipedia.en:Formic_acid pubmed:22622393 pubmed:22447125 pubmed:16445901 aminic acid formic acid HCOOH CHEBI:30751 lipidmaps:LMFA01010040 pdb-ccd:FMT Ameisensaeure HCO2H H-COOH hydrogen carboxylic acid CHEBI:24082 patent:CN101481304 pubmed:16120414 Formic acid hmdb:HMDB0000142 methoic acid bpdb:1749 pubmed:18397576 pubmed:16185830 pubmed:22483350 pubmed:22540994 drugbank:DB01942 pubmed:22280475 The simplest carboxylic acid, containing a single carbon. Occurs naturally in various sources including the venom of bee and ant stings, and is a useful organic synthetic reagent. Principally used as a preservative and antibacterial agent in livestock feed. Induces severe metabolic acidosis and ocular injury in human subjects. bilorin gmelin:1008 pubmed:16230297 reaxys:1209246 formylic acid pubmed:14637377 antibacterial agent solvent protic solvent astringent