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.’
‘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.’
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