Look up: glucuronide


  1. Glucuronide
    A glucuronide, also known as glucuronoside, is any substance produced by linking glucuronic acid to another substance via a glycosidic bond. The glucuronides belong to the glycosides. Glucuronidation, the conversion of chemical compounds to glucuronides, is a method that animals use to assist in th...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucuronide

  2. glucuronide
    <biochemistry> A substance produced by attaching glucuronic acid to another substance with glycosidic bonds. ... Toxic substances can be removed from the body in this manner - glucuronic acid is introduced into the body, the acid forms a glycosidic bond with the toxic substance and neutralises...
    Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?glucuronide

  3. glucuronide
    (gloo″ku-ron´īd) any glycosidic compound of glucuronic acid; glucuronides, which are generally inactive, constitute the major proportion of the metabolites of many phenols, alcohols, and carboxylic acids.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  4. glucuronide
    Type: Term Pronunciation: glū-kū′rōn-īd Definitions: 1. A glycoside of glucuronic acid; many foreign chemicals, as well as catabolic products of normal body constituents (steroid hormones), are commonly excreted in the urine as d-glucuronides, the conjugation taking place i...
    Found op http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=37711

Tip: double click on a word to show its meaning.
No exact matches found.

Search

Typ a word and hit `Search`.
Tools
Conjugate
Synonyms
Google

Recent searches

The most recent searches on Encyclo. Between brackets you will find the number of results and number of related results.
Diphasic temperature (1)
Thomasina Miers (1)
Nicholas Hall (1)
levett (1)
Grillage Beam (1)
Hagonel (1)
flatulent dyspepsia (2)
Corrected Age (1)
Athesis acrisione (1)
Assumed (8)
Kaboom (5)
izenave (1)
Liu (6)
Vaginal pack (1)
treatment (18)
Arthropod defensin (1)
array type (1)
iaysdah (1)
Etheostoma etnieri (1)
Danilo Di Luca (2)
asthenic type (4)
Lubatowa (1)
choke bean (2)
levend (1)
© Encyclo MMXII | Contact | Privacy