Description: D-(+)-Galacturonic acid is one of the endogenous metabolites. Target: Endogenous Metabolite, Others. Smiles: O.O[C@@H](C=O)[C@@H](O)[C@@H](O)[C@H](O)C(O)=O. References: Klaus, U., et al.: Environ. Sci. Technol., 34, 3514 (2000)

D-Galacturonic acid is a monosaccharide and the major component of pectin. It is formed from glucose in a multi-step process in which uridine-5'-diphosphoglucuronic acid (UDP-glucuronic acid, Cay-20674) is epimerized to UDP-galacturonic acid, from which D-galacturonic acid can be oligomerized to form pectin or...

Solid. Soluble in water. Highly purified product form pectine. D-(+)-Galacturonic acid (GalA) is an oxidized form of the monosaccharide D-galactose, a component of the disaccharide lactose and the major component of pectin. This cyclic form can take two configurations, alpha-D-galacturonic acid or the beta-epimer....