noun

• 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

  ‘HA is a naturally occurring, linear polysaccharide with repeating disaccharide units composed of glucuronic acid and N-acetyl glucosamine.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘In hepatocytes, UDP glucuronyl transferase adds 2 equivalents of glucuronic acid to bilirubin to produce the more water soluble, bilirubin diglucuronide derivative.’
  • ‘It is well-known that the active compound of licorice is glycyrrhizin, a conjugation of two molecules of glucuronic acid and glycyrrhetic acid.’
  • ‘At therapeutic doses, acetaminophen is biotransformed to nontoxic products and eliminated by conjugation with glucuronic acid and sulfate.’
  • ‘We predicted that Mojave woodrats would excrete more glucuronic acid per unit dry mass of resin consumed.’