URIC ACID – HISTORY, PRESENT AND FUTURE
2,6,8-trioxypurine known as uric acid represents a heterocyclic derivative of purine, with a molecular weight of 158 Da. In contrast to primates and humans, in the other animals uric acid is further oxidized by the uricase enzyme (urate oxidase) to allantoin, 100 times more water-soluble than uric...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Amaltea Medical Publishing House
2019-06-01
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| Series: | Romanian Medical Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://revistemedicale.amaltea.ro/Romanian_MEDICAL_Journal/Revista_MEDICALA_ROMANA-2019-Nr.2/RMJ_2019_2_Art-11.pdf |