释义 |
hexuronic, a.|hɛksjʊəˈrɒnɪk| [f. hexose + uronic a.] hexuronic acid, any of a class of uronic acids derived from hexose; spec. = ascorbic acid.
1928A. Szent-Györgyi in Biochem. Jrnl. XXII. 1409 The substance is a hitherto unknown, highly reactive isomer of glycuronic acid, so that the substance is a hexuronic acid. Ibid., The isolation of the hexuronic acid from oranges and cabbages is described. 1933Times Lit. Suppl. 16 Nov. 798/3 They have discovered hexuronic acid to be identical with vitamin C. 1957Science News XLV. 82 Monosaccharides include hexoses such as glucose,..hexuronic acids such as glucuronic acid and galacturonic acid with the molecular formula C6H10O7, and hexosamines. 1963D. M. Douglas Wound Healing & Managem. vi. 49 Szent-Györgi is credited with the chemical isolation of ascorbic acid, which he first called hexuronic acid... Szent-Györgi renamed hexuronic acid, ascorbic acid. |