uridine diphosphoglucuronic acid


u·ri·dine di·phos·pho·glu·cu·ron·ic ac·id (UDP-·GlcUA),

(yūr'i-dēn dī-fos'fō-glū-kū-ron'ik), Uridine diphosphoglucose in which the 6-CH2OH of the glucose has been oxidized to COOH (thus, has become a glucuronyl residue); participates in the formation of conjugates of bilirubin or drugs such as aspirin.