glucuronic acid

American

[gloo-kyuh-ron-ik, gloo-] / ˈglu kjəˈrɒn ɪk, ˌglu- /

noun

Biochemistry. an acid, C 6 H 10 O 7 , formed by the oxidation of glucose, found combined with other products of metabolism in the blood and urine.

Etymology

Origin of glucuronic acid

1910–15; earlier glycuronic acid, translation of German Glykuronsäure; see glyc-, uronic acid

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These so-called "paired" compounds are then oxidized to the corresponding glucuronic acid derivatives and eliminated from the body in the urine.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

No phenomenon similar to this occurs in plants, however, and glucuronic acid has never been found in plant tissues.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred

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