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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.
National Institutes of Health

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2012
2012
Riboflavin and lumichrome in Dalmatian sage honey and other unifloral honeys determined by LC-DAD technique.
2008
2008
Identification of a novel 4-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase from the soil metagenome.
2006
2006
Tyrosinemia produced by 2-(2-nitro-4-trifluoromethylbenzoyl)-cyclohexane-1,3-dione (NTBC) in experimental animals and its relationship to corneal injury.
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Brown Pigments Produced by Yarrowia lipolytica Result from Extracellular Accumulation of Homogentisic Acid
ABSTRACT Yarrowia lipolytica produces brown extracellular pigments that correlate with tyrosine catabolism. During tyrosine… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
The probable involvement of soluble and deposited melanins, their intermediates and the reactive oxygen side-products in human diseases and aging.
1999
1999
Analysis of diagnostic metabolites by capillary electrophoresis-mass spectrometry.
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Homogentisic acid is the product of MelA, which mediates melanogenesis in the marine bacterium Shewanella colwelliana D
Shewanella colwelliana D is a marine procaryote which produces a diffusible brown pigment that correlates with melA gene… 
1994
1994
Homogentisic acid and structurally related compounds as intermediates in plasma soluble melanin formation and in tissue toxicities.
Homogentisic acid (HGA) spontaneously starts to undergo oxidation and polymerization soon after the beginning of incubation in… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Alkaptonuria and ochronosis: case report and review.
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… 
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