glucuronic acid
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of glucuronic acid
1910–15; earlier glycuronic acid, translation of German Glykuronsäure; see glyc-, uronic acid
Example Sentences
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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 Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
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 Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
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