Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A compound formed by the union of hippuric acid with a base.
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- noun organic chemistry Any
salt orester ofhippuric acid
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Examples
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"Dark chocolate reduced the urinary excretion of the stress hormone cortisol and catecholamines and partially normalized stress-related differences in energy metabolism (glycine, citrate, trans-aconitate, proline, β-alanine) and gut microbial activities (hippurate and p-cresol sulfate)."
How dark chocolate helps ease emotional stress - latest scientific evidence 2009
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The following selection will be found sufficient for his purpose: A set of the chief varieties of uric acid, calcic oxalate, and triple phosphate; the urates and oxalurates; urea nitrate, calcic hippurate and carbonate, hippuric acid, cystin, well mounted "casts" of the _tubili uriniferi_, spermatozoa, etc.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887 Various
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If the precipitate is not dissolved, it is albumen; if dissolved it is probably urate or hippurate of ammonia.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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