Ndi mtundu wa asidi organic, ndi kagayidwe kachakudya cha zamoyo, bayinare asidi, ambiri kufalitsidwa mu zomera, nyama ndi bowa, ndipo mu zamoyo zosiyanasiyana zimagwira ntchito zosiyanasiyana.Zapezeka kuti asidi oxalic ali wolemera mu mitundu yoposa 100 ya zomera, makamaka sipinachi, amaranth, beet, purslane, taro, mbatata ndi rhubarb.Chifukwa oxalic acid imatha kuchepetsa bioavailability wa zinthu zamchere, imatengedwa ngati mdani pakuyamwa ndi kugwiritsa ntchito zinthu zamchere.Anhydride yake ndi carbon sesquioxide.