D-Glucuronic acid is found widely in plants and animals. One of its functions is to detoxify poisonous

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D-Glucuronic acid is found widely in plants and animals. One of its functions is to detoxify poisonous HO-containing compounds by reacting with them in the liver to form glucuronides. Glucuronides are water soluble and therefore readily excreted. After ingestion of a poison such as turpentine, morphine, or phenol, the glucuronides of these compounds are found in the urine. Give the structure of the glucuronide formed by the reaction of b-D-glucuronic acid and phenol.
D-Glucuronic acid is found widely in plants and animals. One
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Organic Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0131407480

4th edition

Authors: Paula Yurkanis Bruice

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