uronic acids
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uronic acids — Carboxylic acids related to hexose sugars etc. by oxidation of the primary alcohol group, eg. glucuronic, galacturonic acid … Dictionary of molecular biology
Uronic acid — A uronic acid is a sugar acid with both a carbonyl and a carboxylic acid function. It is best thought of as a sugar in which the terminal carbon s hydroxyl function has been oxidized to a carboxylic acid. (Oxidation of the terminal aldehyde… … Wikipedia
uronic — adjective Of or pertaining to the uronic acids or their derivatives … Wiktionary
uronic acid — yə]|ränik , yü], nēk noun Etymology: uronic International Scientific Vocabulary, from uronic : any of a class of aldehyde acids HOOC(CHOH)nCHO that are oxidation products of sugars and that occur combined in many polysaccharides and in urine see… … Useful english dictionary
-uronic — adjective suffix Etymology: Greek ouron urine connected with urine in names of certain aldehyde acids derived from sugars or compounds of such acids < hyaluronic > … New Collegiate Dictionary
-uronic — (y)ə|ränik, (y)ü|r , nēk adjective suffix Etymology: Greek ouron urine + International Scientific Vocabulary ic more at urine : urine in names of certain aldehyde acids derived from sugars or compounds of such acids alduronic … Useful english dictionary
uronic acid — /yoo ron ik/, Biochem. any of a group of organic acids, as glucuronic acid, derived from oxidation of aldose sugars and occurring in urine. [1920 25; < Gk oûron urine (cf. URO 1) + IC] * * * … Universalium
uronic acid — u•ron′ic ac′id [[t]yʊˈrɒn ɪk[/t]] n. biochem. any of a group of organic acids, as glucuronic acid, derived from oxidation of aldose sugars and occurring in urine • Etymology: 1920–25; < Gk oûron urine (cf. uro I) + ic … From formal English to slang
carbohydrate — /kahr boh huy drayt, beuh /, n. any of a class of organic compounds that are polyhydroxy aldehydes or polyhydroxy ketones, or change to such substances on simple chemical transformations, as hydrolysis, oxidation, or reduction, and that form the… … Universalium
gum — 1. The dried exuded sap from a number of trees and shrubs, forming an amorphous brittle mass; it usually forms a mucilaginous solution in water and is often used as a suspending agent in liquid preparations of insoluble drugs. [L. gummi] 2.… … Medical dictionary
