Phytic acid ruwa ne mara launi ko dan kadan rawaya mai danko, mai saurin narkewa cikin ruwa, 95% ethanol, acetone, mai narkewa a cikin anhydrous ethanol, methanol, kusan maras narkewa a cikin ether mai anhydrous, benzene, hexane da chloroform.
Maganin sa mai ruwa da ruwa yana sauƙi hydrolyzed lokacin da zafi, kuma mafi girma da zafin jiki, da sauƙi shi ne canza launi.
Akwai 12 ions hydrogen dissociable.
Maganin shine acidic kuma yana da ƙarfin chelating mai ƙarfi.
Yana da mahimmancin jerin abubuwan da ke tattare da sinadarin phosphorus tare da ayyuka na musamman na ilimin lissafi da kaddarorin sinadarai.
A matsayin wakili na chelating, antioxidant, mai kiyayewa, wakili mai riƙe launi, mai laushi na ruwa, mai haɓaka fermentation, mai hana lalata ƙarfe, da sauransu.
Ana amfani da shi sosai a cikin abinci, magani, fenti da sutura, masana'antar sinadarai ta yau da kullun, kariyar muhalli, jiyya na ƙarfe, jiyya na ruwa, masana'antar yadi, masana'antar filastik da masana'antar hada-hadar polymer da sauran masana'antu.
