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  ImageSize 200px
  ImageFile2 Beta-D-glucuronic-acid-3D-ballspng
  ImageSize2 100px
  IUPACName 3,4,5,6- tetrahydroxytetrahydropyran- 2-carboxylic acid
  Section1 {{Chembox Identifiers
  CASNo 576-37-4
  PubChem 610
  SMILES C1(C(C(OC(C1O)O)C(=O)O)O)O
  MeSHName Glucuronic+acid


  Section2 {{Chembox Properties
  Formula C<sub>6</sub>H<sub>10</sub>O<sub>7</sub>
  MolarMass 194139


  Section3 {{Chembox Hazards




Glucuronic acid (from Greek ''γλυκερός'' - "sweet") is a Carboxylic Acid . Its structure is similar to Glucose . However glucuronic acid's sixth carbon is Oxidized to a carboxylic acid. Its Formula is C 6 H 10 O 7.

The Salt s of glucuronic acid are known as glucuronates; the Anion C6H9O7− is the '''glucuronate ion'''.

Glucuronic acid should not be confused with Gluconic Acid , a linear carboxylic acid resulting from the oxidation of a different carbon of glucose.


FUNCTIONS

Glucuronic acid is highly Soluble in water. In the animal body, glucuronic acid is often linked to Poisonous Substances (a conjugation reaction), mainly in the liver, to allow for subsequent elimination, and to Hormone s to allow for easier transport. Pharmacists also commonly link drugs to glucuronic acid to allow for easier delivery. These linkages involve O-glycosidic Bonds . The process is known as Glucuronidation , and the resulting substances are known as Glucuronide s (or glucuronosides).

Glucuronidation uses , Kidney s, Adrenal Gland , Spleen , Thymus , etc.

UDP-glucuronic acid also serves as the source of glucuronic acid for the Biosynthesis of Polysaccharide s and is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of Ascorbic Acid (except in Primate s and Guinea Pig s).


GLUCURONIDASES

Glucuronidase s are those enzymes that Hydrolyze the Glycosidic Bond between glucuronic acid and some other compound.