The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκῠ́ων, κῠνός“dog”
- English todaykynurenic acid
From Ancient Greek κῠ́ων, κῠνός (kŭ́ōn, kŭnós, “dog”) + οὖρον (oûron, “urine”); so called because discovered in dog urine.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
kynurenic acid
Today it means: A metabolite of tryptophan that has antiexcitotoxic and anticonvulsant activity. Full definition →
Ancient Greek κῠ́ων, κῠνός