sialic acid

English

Chemical structure of sialic acid

Noun

sialic acid (countable and uncountable, plural sialic acids)

1. (organic chemistry, biochemistry) Any of a group of amino carbohydrates that are substituted forms of neuraminic acid and can be components of glycoproteins and mucoproteins.
   • 1987, The FASEB Journal, Volume 1, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, page 231,

     We have previously shown that the study of O-acetyl esters on the sialic acids is fraught with difficulties.

   • 1987, American Journal of Medical Genetics, Volume 28, page 383:

     Intralysosomal accumulation of free sialic acid both in vivo and in vitro in Salla disease is due to a defect of the transport mechanism of sialic acid in lysosomal membranes [Renlund et al, 1983b, 1986a, b; Mancini et al 1986].

   • 1997, International Journal of Oncology, Volume 10, Issue 4, Lychnia, page 761,

     Figure 3. Relationship between the disease-free survival rate and sialic acid expression in 100 breast cancer patients following curative surgery.

Synonyms

• acetylneuraminic acid

Translations

any of a group of amino carbohydrates

• French: acide sialique m
• German: Sialinsäure (de) f, Sialsäure f
• Italian: acido sialico m
• Spanish: ácido siálico m