neutralizing agent

Hippuric acid. Hippocratic Oath.

From what I can gather Hippuric acid is the result of a benzoic acid joining with the amino acid glycene, so I am assuming it is metabolised in the body, I doubt it has any effect unless a large amount is present in the body and at this point I suspect it would raise the pH of the blood, but your body can easily combat this

Glycine intracts with one mole of Bezoyl chloride in the presence of 10% (w/v) solution to yield hippuric acid with the elimination of one mole of hydrochloric acid. The excess of 10% NaOH solution serves two purposes, first; to remove unreacted benzoyl chloride. The NaOH solution hydrolyses the excess of benzoyl chloride present in reaction mixture, thereby resulting in formation of sodium chloride and sodium benzoate, which being water soluble remains in solution. Secondly the hydrochloric acid eliminated reacts with NaOH to yield NaCl. Both sodium benzoate and sodium chloride are water soluble, whereas the desired product hippuric acid being insoluble may be separated easily.

According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern HI--U--C. That is, eight letter words with 1st letter H and 2nd letter I and 5th letter U and 8th letter C. In alphabetical order, they are:

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