| glucuronic acid | <biochemistry> A glucose molecule which has had its sixth carbon atom (of six total) oxidized. It has the chemical formula C6H10O7. (09 Oct 1997) |
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| uridine diphosphate glucuronic acid | <chemical> A nucleoside diphosphate sugar which serves as a source of glucuronic acid for polysaccharide biosynthesis. It may also be epimerised to udp iduronic acid, which donates iduronic acid to polysaccharides. In animals, udp glucuronic acid is used for formation of many glucosiduronides with various aglycones. Chemical name: alpha-D-Glucopyranuronic acid, 1-P'-ester with uridine 5'-(trihydrogen diphosphate) (12 Dec 1998) |
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