hippuric acid

English

Etymology

hipp- +‎ -uria +‎ -ic + acid, named for the horse (as an archetype of the quadruped herbivores) by Justus von Liebig in 1829.

Noun

hippuric acid (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry) A benzoyl derivative of glycine; it occurs in urine, especially that of herbivores. Its potential as a biomarker in humans is being studied.

   Synonym: urobenzoic acid

Coordinate terms

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

Related terms

• uric acid

Translations

hippuric acid

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬尿酸／马尿酸 (zh) (mǎniàosuān)

• Hungarian: hippursav
• Japanese: 馬尿酸 (ばにょうさん, banyōsan)
• Romanian: acid hipuric (ro) m