Itaconic acid, or methylenesuccinic acid, is an amoebic compound. Itaconic acerbic is a white apparent powder. Itaconic acerbic is a by itself occurring compound, non-toxic, and readily biodegradable. The name itaconic was devised as an anagram of aconitic. Itaconic acerbic is produced in beef of macrophage birth and as such it has in vitro action adjoin bacilli cogent the agitator isocitrate lyase such as Salmonella enterica and Mycobacterium tuberculosis. It is primarily acclimated as a co-monomer in the assembly of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene and acrylate latexes with applications in the cardboard and architectural blanket industry.
