The addition of glucuronic acid to a substrate is glucuronidation. It is used in xenobiotic metabolism of various substances that include drugs, androgens, estrogens, and retinoids.
The process of enzymatic oxidation and glucuronidation generally accomplishes this.
DefinitionGlucuronyl transferase is a liver enzyme. It changes bilirubin into a form that can be removed through the bile. It also changes some hormones, medicines, and toxins into non-harmful products.If the body does not produce enough glucuronyl transferase, jaundice can occur.ReferencesBerk PD, Korenblat KM. Approach to the patient with jaundice or abnormal liver test results. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 150.
Most cats will not drink any kind of juice. First of all, cats are strictly carnivores, and do not usually like to eat or drink anything but animal products (meat, eggs, dairy). Moreover, juice is too harsh, acidic, and abrasive for their heightened senses. In particular, cats really, really hate any and all citrus fruit -- lemons, limes, oranges, grapefruit -- and will physically recoil if you put a cup of orange juice up in their face to smell. There are some odd exceptions. My uncle once had a cat that loved to eat oranges. Just oranges, though, not orange juice. But most cats will not touch fruit and especially fruit juice.