UROCANIC ACID


Meaning of UROCANIC ACID in English

|yu̇rə|kanik-, -kānik- noun

Etymology: ur- (I) + can ine + -ic

: a crystalline acid C 3 H 3 N 2 CH . CHCOOH obtained first from the urine of a dog and formed by the enzymic deamination of histidine; 4(or 5)-imidazole-acrylic acid

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