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xanthine::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | organic compound |
Examples of xanthine
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Xanthine oxidase will degrade hypoxanthine to xanthine and then to uric acid.
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Reduction of nitrite to nitric oxide catalyzed by xanthine oxidoreductase.
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A number of stimulants are derived from xanthine, including caffeine and theobromine.
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Guanine is deaminated to xanthine which in turn is oxidized to uric acid.
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Xanthine oxidase inhibitors, like allopurinol, can cause nephropathy.
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The team looked at two different isotopes of carbon in the nucleobases uracil and xanthine.
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Hypoxanthine and xanthine are not found in DNA, but are used in other biological processes.
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Hypoxanthine is oxidized to xanthine and finally to uric acid.
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The active metabolite of allopurinol is oxypurinol, which is also an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase.
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- Crystalline oxidation product of the metabolism of nucleoproteins; precursor of uric acid; found in many organs and in urine
- Xanthine (or), (3,7-dihydro-purine-2,6-dione), is a purine base found in most human body tissues and fluids and in other organisms. A number of mild stimulants are derived from xanthine, including caffeine and theobromine.
- (Xanthines) A yellowish-white, crystalline purine base, C5H4N4O2, that is a precursor of uric acid and is found in blood, urine, muscle tissue, and certain plants
- A molecular structure found in many common drugs and products (eg caffeine).
- Pronounced ZAN-thene; a compound found in animal and plant tissue.
- A class of crystalline nitrogenous compounds that includes caffeine.
