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hippuric acid

British  
/ hɪˈpjʊərɪk /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Phenylpropionate and hippuric acid are produced when bacteria process phenylalanine, and they are associated with gut health and healthy body weight.

From Science Daily Aug. 15, 2026

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 Aug. 27, 2018

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 Dec. 29, 2016

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

From The Verge Aug. 29, 2015

Other experiments were carried out of a similar nature by Professor S. W. Johnson, the different kinds of nitrogen experimented with being uric acid, hippuric acid, and guanine.

From Manures and the principles of manuring by Charles Morton Aikman

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