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homogentisic acid
(redirected from Melanic acid)

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homogentisic acid /ho·mo·gen·tis·ic ac·id/ (ho?mo-jen-tis´ik) an aromatic hydrocarbon formed as an intermediate in the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine and accumulated and excreted in the urine in alkaptonuria.
ho·mo·gen·tis·ic acid (hm-jn-tzk)
n.
An intermediate of the metabolic breakdown of tyrosine and phenylalanine; it occurs in the urine in cases of alkaptonuria. Also called alkapton.
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