- glucuronic acid
- a sugar acid derived from glucose. Glucuronic acid is an important constituent of chondroitin sulphate (found in cartilage) and hyaluronic acid (found in synovial fluid).
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Glucuronic acid — IUPAC name (2S,3S,4S,5R,6R) 3,4,5,6 Tetrahydroxyoxane 2 carboxylic acid … Wikipedia
glucuronic acid — glucuronic acid. См. глюкуроновая кислота. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
glucuronic acid — The uronic acid of glucose in which C 6 is oxidized to a carboxyl group; the d isomer detoxicates or inactivates various substances ( e.g., benzoic acid, phenol, camphor, and the female sex hormones) undergoing conjugation with such substances in … Medical dictionary
glucuronic acid — (= GA; GlcA) Uronic acid formed by oxidation of OH group of glucose in position 6. D glucuronic acid is widely distributed in plants and animals as a subunit of various oligosaccharides … Dictionary of molecular biology
glucuronic acid — gliukurono rūgštis statusas T sritis chemija formulė OCH(CHOH)₄COOH santrumpa( os) GlcA atitikmenys: angl. glucuronic acid rus. глюкуроновая кислота … Chemijos terminų aiškinamasis žodynas
glucuronic acid — acid that is derived from glucose and is present in the blood and urine … English contemporary dictionary
glucuronic acid — |glükyə|ränik noun Etymology: glucuronic from gluc + Greek ouron urine + English ic more at urine : a crystalline aldehyde acid HOOC(CHOH)4CHO obtainable from gum arabic by hydrolysis or from methyl glucoside by oxidation and occurring naturally… … Useful english dictionary
glucuronic acid — /glooh kyeuh ron ik, glooh / Biochem. an acid, C6H10O7, formed by the oxidation of glucose, found combined with other products of metabolism in the blood and urine. Also, glycuronic acid. [1910 15; earlier glycuronic acid, trans. of G… … Universalium
glucuronic acid — noun Etymology: gluc + uronic Date: 1911 a compound C6H10O7 that occurs especially as a constituent of mucopolysaccharides (as hyaluronic acid) and combined as a glucuronide … New Collegiate Dictionary
glucuronic acid — noun A uronic acid derived from glucose … Wiktionary
