hippuric acid

/ hɪˈpjʊərɪk /

noun

1. a crystalline solid excreted in the urine of mammals. Formula: C 9 H 9 NO 3

Example Sentences

It resembles Benzoic, and undergoes the same change into Hippuric acid.

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This is largely urea in mammals, with much hippuric acid in herbivorous animals and uric acid in birds and reptiles.

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In the herbivora the nitrogenous waste takes the form of another body called hippuric acid.

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The glands secrete hippuric acid which passes from the pericardium into the renal organs.

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Hippuric acid, on the other hand, is most abundant when the animal is fed on hay and straw.

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