formiminoglutamic acid

English

Noun

formiminoglutamic acid (uncountable)

1. (biochemistry) An intermediate in the metabolism of histidine. (See biomarker applications at formiminoglutamate.)

Synonyms

• FIGLU

Coordinate terms

• formiminoglutamate (coordinate as a base versus an acid, but synonymous in the practical sense that the conjugate base and conjugate acid coexist in solution)