glucuronide

Noun

Meaning

glucuronide (plural glucuronides)

(biochemistry) Any of various derivatives of glucuronic acid formed during the metabolism of phenols etc that serve to remove them from the bloodstream.

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Synonyms

glycoside glucoside

Examples

Only trace amounts of an administered dose of benazepril can be recovered unchanged in the urine; about 20% of the dose is excreted as benazeprilat, 4% as benazepril glucuronide, and 8% as benazeprilat glucuronide. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

glucuronidated glucuronidation glucuronidative glucuronoarabinoxylan glucuronoconjugated glucuronoconjugation