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hippuric acid

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hippuric acid /hip·pu·ric ac·id/ (hi-pur´ik) C6H5·CO·NH·CH2·COOH, formed by conjugation of benzoic acid and glycine.
hippuric acid
a compound formed by conjugation of benzoic acid and glycine; it occurs in the urine of herbivorous animals, rarely in human urine.

hippuric acid acid test
has been tested as a means of assessing hepatic efficiency but is not favored.

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Or that it flooded the kidneys and bladder with large quantities of a natural antibiotic called hippuric acid.
In all cases, the concentrations of toluene, gasoline, acetone, ethylacetate, and methylenediphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) in workplace air and the concentration of hippuric acid (HA) in the urine were determined.
 
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