urocanic acid

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Etymology[edit]

Latin urina (“urine”) and canis (“dog”), because first isolated in 1874 from dog urine.

Noun[edit]

urocanic acid (uncountable)

  1. (organic chemistry) An intermediate in the catabolism of L-histidine, transformed in the liver by urocanate hydratase (or urocanase) into 4-imidazolone-5-propionic acid and subsequently to glutamic acid.

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