A thick, colorless,
water-attracting
liquid which is used as a
food additive and
dye solvent and in
explosives manufacture and
leather tanning. It is created by heating and then distilling a mixture of
acetic acid and
glycerol. Also called
monoacetin.
From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.