Uronic acid
Uronic acids (fructuronic acid also occurs. Oxidation of the terminal aldehyde instead yields an aldonic acid, while oxidation of both the terminal hydroxyl group and the aldehyde yields an aldaric acid. The names of uronic acids are generally based on their parent sugars, for example, the uronic acid analog of glucose is glucuronic acid. Uronic acids derived from hexoses are known as hexuronic acids and uronic acids derived from pentoses are known as penturonic acids.[2]
Examples
Some of these compounds have important biochemical functions; for example, many wastes in the human body are excreted in the urine as their
proteoglycans
.
See also
References
- ^ "Uronic acid". IUPAC Gold Book.
- S2CID 6076816.
External links
- Uronic+Acids at the U.S. National Library of Medicine Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
- Synthesis at chembio.uoguelph.ca Archived 2014-10-24 at the Wayback Machine