Definition of glucuronic acid in English:
glucuronic acid
nounˌɡluːkjʊˈrɒnɪkˌɡlo͞okyəränik ˈasəd
mass nounBiochemistry An acid derived from glucose which occurs naturally as a constituent of hyaluronic acid and other mucopolysaccharides.
A uronic acid; chemical formula: HOOC(CHOH)₄CHO
Example sentencesExamples
- At therapeutic doses, acetaminophen is biotransformed to nontoxic products and eliminated by conjugation with glucuronic acid and sulfate.
- HA is a naturally occurring, linear polysaccharide with repeating disaccharide units composed of glucuronic acid and N-acetyl glucosamine.
- In hepatocytes, UDP glucuronyl transferase adds 2 equivalents of glucuronic acid to bilirubin to produce the more water soluble, bilirubin diglucuronide derivative.
- We predicted that Mojave woodrats would excrete more glucuronic acid per unit dry mass of resin consumed.
- It is well-known that the active compound of licorice is glycyrrhizin, a conjugation of two molecules of glucuronic acid and glycyrrhetic acid.