Hippuric acid can be used to study cell biology chemical biology bioactive small molecules amino acid derivatives peptide synthesis chemical synthesis and nutrition. Hippuric acid has been used to inform the metabolism and urinary excretion of procyanidins.

For R&D use onlynot for drug household or other uses.

Hippuric acid (Gr. hippos horse ouron urine) is a carboxylic acid found in the urine of horses and other herbivores. Hippuric acid crystallizes in rhombic prisms which are readily soluble in hot water melt at 187 &8451 and decompose at about 240 &8451. High concentrations of hippuric acid may also indicate a toluene intoxication however scientists have called this correlation into question because there are other variables that influence levels of hippuric acid. When many aromatic compounds such as benzoic acid and toluene are taken internally they are converted to hippuric acid by reaction with the amino acid glycine.