glycuronicadj.
/ɡlʌɪkjʊˈrɒnɪk/ Chemistry.
glycuronic acid n. = glucuronic acid n.
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hydantoïn1866
taurylic acid1868
glycuronic acid1882
1882 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 42 952 Urochloralic acid..is decomposed, on boiling with dilute acids, into trichlorethyl alcohol and glycuronic acid.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXI. 723/2 Glycuronic acid..is closely related to dextrose, and on oxidation yields the same acid, saccharic acid.
1949 H. W. Florey et al. Antibiotics II. xxxvii. 1219 There was a marked increase in the excretion of glycuronic acid in rabbits given penicillin.
1968 J. H. Burn Lect. Notes Pharmacol. (ed. 9) 53 In the body it [sc. chloral] is first reduced to an alcohol, and then combined with glycuronic acid, to be excreted in the urine as urochloralic acid.
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glycuronuria n. the presence of glycuronuric acid in the urine (Dorland 1913).
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