glucuronic acid

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.
[1910-15; earlier glycuronic acid, trans. of G Glykuronsäure; see GLYC-, URONIC ACID]

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