UDP-GlcUA -->
uridine diphosphoglucuronic acid
medical dictionary

Uridine diphosphoglucose in which the 6 CH2OH of the glucose has been oxidised to COOH (has become a glucuronyl residue); participates in the formation of conjugates of bilirubin or drugs such as aspirin.

Acronym: UDPGA

(05 Mar 2000)