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Homogentisic Acid

Known as: Acid, Homogentisic, Benzeneacetic acid, 2,5-dihydroxy-, Homogentisic Acid [Chemical/Ingredient] 
Dihydroxyphenylacetic acid with hydroxyls at the 2 and 5 positions of the phenyl ring.
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2015
2015
JIMD Reports, Volume 24
ACAD9 (acyl-CoA dehydrogenase 9) is an essential factor for the mitochondrial respiratory chain complex I assembly. ACAD9, a… 
1979
1979
Alkaptonuria with extensive ochronosis.
A 59-year-old woman with previously documented alkaptonuria was examined for extensive ochronosis of recent onset. The cause of… 
1975
1975
Nonenzymic oxidation of p-hydroxyphenylpyruvic acid with singlet oxygen to homogentisic acid. A model for the action of p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate hydroxylase.
1973
1973
Urinary homogentisic acid: determination by thin-layer chromatography.
A new method is described for qualitative and quantitative determination of urinary homogentisic acid. The method involves… 
1970
1970
The composition of calculi from patients with alcaptonuria.
SUMMARY The composition of the crystalline material present in 5 renal calculi and pieces of prostatic calculi from patients… 
1962
1962
Oxidation of homogentisic acid by nitrous acid and its interference in the determination of 5-hydroxy-indoleacetic acid.
Oxidation of homogentisic acid to the corresponding quinone occurs in the presence of reagents used to develop the violet… 
Highly Cited
1956
Highly Cited
1956
Purification studies of tyrosine-alpha-ketoglutaric acid transaminase.
Recent studies in vitro of tyrosine metabolism have revealed the distribution and the r&e of the tyrosine-a-ketoglutaric acid… 
1953
1953
Inhibition and activation of the oxidation of homogentisic acid.
The biochemical study of homogentisic acid may be said to have begun with the work of Wolkow and Baumann (3), who demonstrated… 
Highly Cited
1953
Highly Cited
1953
The bacterial oxidation of aromatic compounds.
SUMMARY: Adaptive patterns for a vibrio indicate that the oxidation of phenylalanine to homogentisic acid by this organism may… 
1951
1951
The tyrosine oxidation system of liver. I. Extracts of rat liver acetone powder.
Many investigators of tyrosine oxidation have used systems in vitro such as slices, minces, and, more recently, homogenates of…