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Definition of Alcapton
1. Noun. An acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine.
Definition of Alcapton
1. Noun. (alternative spelling of alkapton) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Alcapton
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Alcapton
Literary usage of Alcapton
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Centralblatt für die Krankheiten der Harn- und Sexual-organe (1898)
"... und ein schnelles Verfahren für die Bestimmung des alcapton. ... Den alcapton-
körper konnte er als ..."
2. Text-book of Physiological Chemistry in Thirty Lectures by Emil Abderhalden (1908)
"A comparison of the constitution of tyrosine and of phenyl-alanine with that of
the alcapton acids shows us that the formation of the latter from the former ..."
3. A Pocket medical dictionary: Giving the Pronunciation and Definition of the ...by George Milbry Gould by George Milbry Gould (1911)
"alcapton, al-kaff-ton. CeH^(OH)2. A decomposition product of ... The presence of
alcapton in the urine. Alchemy, al'-kem-e. The supposed art of changing ..."
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