hippuric acid

British  

/ hɪˈpjʊərɪk /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Tests found that levels of three substances, eicosane, hippuric acid and octadecanal, were all higher than normal in the sebum of Parkinson’s patients, while levels of a fourth substance, perillic aldehyde, were lower.

From The Guardian

The research revealed that a number of compounds, particularly hippuric acid, eicosane, and octadecanal, were found in higher than usual concentrations on the skin of Parkinson's patients.

From BBC

They were found to contain traces of the hippuric acid associated with animal, particularly ungulate, urine, and euxanthic acid—a possible by-product of the metabolic processing of mango leaves.

From The New Yorker

Quinic acid, which is present in cranberries, is metabolized by the body into hippuric acid, a substance that in very high concentrations is toxic to E. coli, the pathogen most commonly to blame for U.T.I.s.

From The New Yorker

So they don't like chlorine, or creatinine, or hippuric acid.

From The Verge