A colourless crystalline acid, C₆H₅CH₂CO(COOH), which is a product of phenylalanine metabolism found in large quantities in the blood and urine of phenylketonurics.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Chemical Society.
Definition of phenylpyruvic acid in US English:
phenylpyruvic acid
noun
Biochemistry Chemistry
A colourless crystalline acid, C₆H₅CH₂CO(COOH), which is a product of phenylalanine metabolism found in large quantities in the blood and urine of phenylketonurics.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Chemical Society.