kynurenic acid /kyn·uren·ic ac·id/ (kin″u-ren´ik) a bicyclic aromatic compound formed from kynurenine in a pathway of tryptophan catabolism and excreted in the urine in several disorders of tryptophan catabolism.
kyn·u·re·nic acid (k n y -r  nk, -r nk, k n-)n. A crystalline acid occurring in the urine as a product of the metabolism of tryptophan. |
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