Meta-Hydroxyphenylhydracrylic acid explained

meta-Hydroxyphenylhydracrylic acid is a metabolite in the degradation of (+)-catechin in the crab-eating macaque (Macaca irus) excreted in the urine.^[1] It is also a substance found in human urine.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Studies on flavonoid metabolism: Excretion of m-Hydroxyphenylhydracrylic Acid from (+)-Catechin in the Monkey (Macaca iris sp.) . N. P. Das . Drug Metab Dispos . 1974 . 2 . 209–213 . 4153081 . 3.
2. The occurrence of (-)-β-m-hydroxyphenyl-hydracrylic acid in human urine . Marvin D. Armstrong and Kenneth N. F. Shaw . Journal of Biological Chemistry . 1956 . 13416236 . 225 . 1 . 269–78.