Allantoin is a chemical compound with formula C4H6N4O3. It is also called 5-ureidohydantoin or glyoxyldiureide. It is a diureide of glyoxylic acid. Allantoin...
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y-5-ureidoimidazoline 2-oxo-4-hydroxy-4-carboxy-5-ureidoimidazoline → allantoin + CO2 Urate oxidase is mainly localised in the liver, where it forms a...
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In enzymology, an allantoin racemase (EC 5.1.99.3) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction (S)(+)-allantoin ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...
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Bacillus fastidiosus is only able to grow in the presence of uric acid, allantoin, or allantoic acid. This species has been recently transferred into the...
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Allantoinase (redirect from (S)-allantoin amidohydrolase)
reaction (S)-allantoin + H2O ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } allantoate Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are (S)-allantoin and H2O, whereas...
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crystalline acid obtained by hydrolysis of allantoin. In nature, allantoic acid is produced from allantoin by the enzyme allantoinase (encoded by the...
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course of his study of uric acid. He obtained it by hydrogenation of allantoin, hence the name. Friedrich Urech synthesized 5-methylhydantoin in 1873...
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(OHCU) into S(+)-allantoin. It is the third step of the conversion of uric acid (a purine derivative) to allantoin. Step one is catalysed by...
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flour substitute or extender. Plantain contains phytochemicals including allantoin, aucubin, ursolic acid, flavonoids, and asperuloside. Plantain extract...
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swelling and hydrolysis of skin), salicylic acid, urea, lactic acid, allantoin, glycolic acid, and trichloroacetic acid. While cytostatic agents such...
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