glucuronic acid

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 especially in the urine combined as glucuronides with toxic metabolic products (as phenols or indoxyl) or with steroid hormones

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