What is "pipecolic acid"

n. (context organic compound English) piperidine-2-carboxylic acid, a small organic molecule and the carboxylic acid of piperidine, associated with some forms of epilepsy.

Pipecolic acid (piperidine-2-carboxylic acid) is a small organic molecule which accumulates in pipecolic acidemia. It is the carboxylic acid of piperidine.