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neuraminic, a. Chem.|njʊərəˈmɪnɪk| [tr. G. neuraminsäure neuraminic acid (E. Klenk 1941, in Zeitschr. f. physiol. Chem. CCLXVIII. 51): see neur-, amine and -ic.] neuraminic acid: a crystalline carboxylic acid, HOOC·CO·CH2·CHOH·CHNH2·(CHOH)3·CH2OH (or a cyclic form of this), acyl derivatives of which are the sialic acids.
1942Chem. Abstr. XXXVI. 3204 (heading) Neuraminic acid, the cleavage product of a new brain lipoid. 1956Nature 17 Mar. 524/2 Klenk et al. have also investigated the amount of ganglioside in human brain by determining the content of neuraminic acid. 1966McGraw-Hill Encycl. Sci. & Technol. II. 12/1 Neuraminic acid, an important constituent of carbohydrate-protein complexes of animal cells and tissues, has been reported in polymeric form in cultures of Escherichia coli. Hence neuˈraminate, a salt or ester of neuraminic acid.
1970R. W. McGilvery Biochemistry xxiv. 585 Part of the neuraminates contain an additional 4–O–acetyl group. |