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Definition of Alkapton
1. Noun. An acid formed as an intermediate product of the metabolism of tyrosine and phenylalanine.
Definition of Alkapton
1. Noun. homogentisic acid ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Alkapton
1. Synonym: homogentisic acid. Origin: Boedeker's coinage fr. Alkali + L + G. Kaptein, to suck up greedily (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alkapton
Literary usage of Alkapton
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of clinical diagnosis by means of microscopic and chemical methods by Charles Edmund Simon (1907)
"Of the origin of alkapton little is known. Baumann expressed the opinion that
... whether Baumann's view regarding the origin of alkapton is correct. ..."
2. Urinary and Renal Derangements and Calculous Disorders: Hints on Diagnosis by Lionel Smith Beale (1885)
"alkapton is of a pale yellow colour, and does not crystallise. ... alkapton was
separated by Bodecker from the urine by the following process :—After ..."
3. The Dublin Journal of Medical Science (1882)
"This urine presented a great peculiarity; it contained a substance which is only
met with occasionally, and which has been termed alkapton. ..."
4. A Guide to the Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of the Urine: Designed by Carl Neubauer, Julius Vogel, Edward Stickney Wood (1879)
"alkapton. Bodecker * found in the urine of a man forty-four years old, ...
Bodecker calls this body alkapton. The patient at that time suffered great pain, ..."
5. Modern Urinology; a System of Urine Analysis and Diagnosis by Clifford Mitchell (1912)
"Clinical colorimetric determination of the quantity of oxyacids. Preparation of
Millon's reagent. The alkapton bodies; homogentisic and ..."
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