Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Hipposudoric acid is a red pigment found in the skin secretions of the hippopotamus; although the secretions are often known as blood sweat (thus the name hipposudoric referring to hippo sweat) they are neither blood nor sweat.Like its orange-colored analog norhipposudoric acid hipposudoric acid functions both as a natural sunscreen and as an antimicrobial agent. It is derived from the oxidative dimerization of homogentisic acid.
