DECOMPOSITION OF URIC AND HIPPUKIC ACID. 337 



splitting up hippuric acid into its two components, glycocoll and 

 benzoic acid, according to the equation 



CH 2 . NH CO CH 2 . NH 2 COOH 



I | +H 2 0= | +| 



COOH C 6 H 5 COOH C 6 H 5 



Analytical data to prove that this decomposition actually goes on 

 so smoothly are, however, lacking. 



So far as the destiny of hippuric acid in the soil is concerned, 

 K. YOSHIMURA (I.) has observed that its fermentation proceeds 

 much more rapidly in the upper layers than in the subsoil. 



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