Hexuronic acid is any uronic acid derived from a hexose. These include fructuronic acids, galacturonic acids, glucuronic acids, guluronic acids, iduronic acids, mannuronic acids, and tagaturonic acids.[1]
In the early 1900s, ascorbic acid (vitamin C) was also known as hexuronic acid. This is no longer the case.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Team, EBI Web. "hexuronic acid (CHEBI:24592)". www.ebi.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
- ^ HERBERT, R. W.; HIRST, E. L. (6 August 1932). "The Absorption Spectrum of Hexuronic Acid". Nature. 130 (3275): 205. Bibcode:1932Natur.130..205H. doi:10.1038/130205a0. ISSN 1476-4687.