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urocanic acid

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urocanic acid /uro·can·ic ac·id/ (-kan´ik) an intermediate metabolite of histamine, convertible normally to glutamic acid.
u·ro·can·ic acid (yr-knk)
n.
An acid derived from the oxidative deamination of histidine and present in dog's urine.
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