urochloralic, a. Biochem.
(ˌjʊərəʊklɔəˈrælɪk)
[tr. G. uro-chloralsäure urochloralic acid (von Mering & Musculus 1875, in Ber. d. Deut. Chem. Ges. VIII. 666), f. uro-1: see chloralic adj. s.v. chloral.]
urochloralic acid: a metabolite formed in the body after chloral has been administered (see quot. 1977).
| 1875 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. XXVIII. 1040 The authors propose to give it the provisional name of urochloralic acid. 1882, etc. [see glycuronic a.]. 1931 Chem. Abstr. XXV. 349 (heading) The pharmacology of urochloralic acid with special regard to the diuretic action of the sodium salt of this acid. 1977 Martindale's Extra Pharmacopoeia (ed. 27) 753/2 Chloral hydrate is..excreted slowly in the urine as trichloroethanol and its glucuronide (urochloralic acid). |