glucuronic acid
[ gloo-kyuh-ron-ik, gloo- ]
noun
Biochemistry. an acid, C6H10O7, formed by the oxidation of glucose, found combined with other products of metabolism in the blood and urine.
Origin of glucuronic acid
1- Also glycuronic acid.
Words Nearby glucuronic acid
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How to use glucuronic acid in a sentence
No phenomenon similar to this occurs in plants, however, and glucuronic acid has never been found in plant tissues.
The Chemistry of Plant Life | Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher
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