neuraminic acid /neu·ra·min·ic ac·id/ (noor″ah-min´ik) a 9-carbon amino sugar whose N- acyl derivatives are the sialic acids.
neuraminic acid
neu·ra·min·ic acid (n r  -m n k)n. An aldol condensation product of mannosamine and pyruvic acid and the parent acid of sialic acids. |
neuraminic acid
[noor′ah-min′ik]
a nine-carbon amino acid formed from mannosamine and pyruvate. See also sialidase .
neuraminic acid
a nine-carbon sugar; parent of a family of amino sugars containing nine or more carbon atoms (the sialic acids or nonulosaminic acids).
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