Novel absorbance peak of gentisic acid following the oxidation reaction.

Gentisic acid (GA), a metabolite of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), and homogentisic acid (HGA), which is excreted at high levels in alkaptonuria, are divalent phenolic acids with very similar structures. Urine containing HGA is dark brown in color due to its oxidation. We recently reported a new oxidat...

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Main Authors: Sho Hosokawa, Kenichi Shukuya, Keisuke Sogabe, Yasukazu Ejima, Tatsuya Morinishi, Eiichiro Hirakawa, Hiroyuki Ohsaki, Tatsuo Shimosawa, Yasunori Tokuhara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232263