Etymology

urocanic acid

Today it means: An intermediate in the catabolism of L-histidine, transformed in the liver by urocanate hydratase (or urocanase) into 4-imidazolone-5-propionic acid and subsequently to glutamic acid. Full definition →

Latin urina
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromurina“urine”
  2. English todayurocanic acid

Latin urina (“urine”) and canis (“dog”), because first isolated in 1874 from dog urine.

Words from the same roots

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