glucuronic acid

[ gloo-kyuh-ron-ik, gloo- ]

noun
  1. 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
1910–15; earlier glycuronic acid, translation of German Glykuronsäure;see glyc-, uronic 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