hippurate
/ˈhɪpjʊ(ə)rət
/noun Chemistry
A salt or ester of hippuric acid.Unfortunately, the needle-shaped forms are often confused with hippurate....
- Methenamine hippurate is an antibiotic which is used to treat and prevent urinary tract infections.
- Glycine and sodium benzoate are produced upon the hydrolysis of sodium hippurate by the enzyme hippuricase.