uronic acid
biochemistry
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Uronic acids are a class of acidic compounds that are oxidation products of sugars. They contain both carboxylic and aldehydic groups and are found combined in many polysaccharides. The term "-uronic" is a suffix connected with urine, and it appears in the names of certain aldehyde-acids derived from sugars. Glucuronic acid is one example, a compound that occurs as a constituent of mucopolysaccharides like hyaluronic acid.123
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