Uronic Acid

uronic acid

[yə′rän·ik ′as·əd] (organic chemistry) One of the compounds that are similar to sugars, except that the terminal carbon has been oxidized from the alcohol to a carboxyl group; for example, galacturonic acid and glucuronic acid.

Uronic Acid

any of the organic substances that are related to monosaccharides but that are distinguished from the latter by having a carboxyl group (—COOH) in place of the—CH₂OH radical. The difference is illustrated by the following structural formulas:

Uronic acids are crystalline or amorphous substances that are nonvolatile, relatively high-melting, and readily soluble in water and polar solvents. Chemically, they possess the properties of both monosaccharides (mutarotation, oxidation, reduction, ability to form glycosides) and hydroxy acids (formulation of esters and lactones). Uronic acids occur in nature with six carbon atoms, and their names are based on the corresponding hexose. The name “glucuronic acid,” for example, derives from “glucose.”

Uronic acids are constituents of many important biopolymers of plant and animal origin. D-glucuronic acid is a component of hemicelluloses, gums, hyaluronic acid, and heparin; D-galacturonic acid, which is the monomeric unit of pectic substances, is a constituent of certain bacterial polysaccharides. The biosynthesis of uronic acids occurs with the participation of nucleoside diphosphate sugars and involves the oxidation of the—CH₂OH radical of the monosaccharide. In animals, D-glucuronic acid (found in the blood and urine) removes toxic substances by forming glycosides; the acid is also the starting material in the biosynthesis of absorbic acid.

REFERENCE

Khimiia uglevodov. Moscow, 1967. Chapter 10.

L. V. BAKINOVSKII

单词	uronic acid
释义	uronic acid u•ron′ic ac′id (yʊˈrɒn ɪk) n. any of a group of organic acids, as glucuronic acid, derived from oxidation of aldose sugars and occurring in urine. [1920–25; < Greek oûron urine (compare uro-¹) + -ic] Uronic Acid uronic acid [yə′rän·ik ′as·əd] (organic chemistry) One of the compounds that are similar to sugars, except that the terminal carbon has been oxidized from the alcohol to a carboxyl group; for example, galacturonic acid and glucuronic acid. Uronic Acid any of the organic substances that are related to monosaccharides but that are distinguished from the latter by having a carboxyl group (—COOH) in place of the—CH₂OH radical. The difference is illustrated by the following structural formulas: Uronic acids are crystalline or amorphous substances that are nonvolatile, relatively high-melting, and readily soluble in water and polar solvents. Chemically, they possess the properties of both monosaccharides (mutarotation, oxidation, reduction, ability to form glycosides) and hydroxy acids (formulation of esters and lactones). Uronic acids occur in nature with six carbon atoms, and their names are based on the corresponding hexose. The name “glucuronic acid,” for example, derives from “glucose.” Uronic acids are constituents of many important biopolymers of plant and animal origin. D-glucuronic acid is a component of hemicelluloses, gums, hyaluronic acid, and heparin; D-galacturonic acid, which is the monomeric unit of pectic substances, is a constituent of certain bacterial polysaccharides. The biosynthesis of uronic acids occurs with the participation of nucleoside diphosphate sugars and involves the oxidation of the—CH₂OH radical of the monosaccharide. In animals, D-glucuronic acid (found in the blood and urine) removes toxic substances by forming glycosides; the acid is also the starting material in the biosynthesis of absorbic acid. REFERENCE Khimiia uglevodov. Moscow, 1967. Chapter 10. L. V. BAKINOVSKII
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uronic acid

u•ron′ic ac′id

Uronic Acid

uronic acid

Uronic Acid

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