Phytic acid ruwa ne mara launi ko dan kadan rawaya, mai saurin narkewa cikin ruwa, 95% ethanol, acetone, mai narkewa a cikin ethanol mai anhydrous, methanol, kusan mara narkewa a cikin ether mai anhydrous, benzene, hexane da chloroform.
Maganin sa mai ruwa da ruwa yana sauƙin ruwa lokacin zafi, kuma mafi girman zafin jiki, sauƙin 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 mai laushi, mai haɓaka fermentation, mai hana lalata ƙarfe, da sauransu.
Ana amfani dashi ko'ina a cikin abinci, magani, fenti da shafi, masana'antar sinadarai ta yau da kullun, kariyar muhalli, jiyya na ƙarfe, jiyya na ruwa, masana'antar yadi, masana'antar filastik da masana'antar haɓaka polymer da sauran masana'antu.