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glucuronate

Noun

Meaning

glucuronate (plural glucuronates)

(organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of glucuronic acid

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

The aldehyde group of this is reduced to a primary alcohol using the enzyme glucuronate reductase and the cofactor NADPH, yielding L -gulonic acid. Source: Internet

The majority of the chloramphenicol dose is excreted by the kidneys as the inactive metabolite, chloramphenicol glucuronate. Source: Internet

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