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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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urea constituent of urine. XIX. f. F.
urée, f. Gr.
oûron urine or
oureîn urinate.
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Urea price meets its new high. (Market Report).(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Magazine article from: China Chemical Reporter; 5/26/2002; 700+ words
; Since the beginning of this year, the urea prices have been keeping a stable upward...and worry to the surge of the imported urea after China's entry into the WTO have gradually died off. Instead, China's urea market is meeting its prosperity at present...
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Urea transport by nitrogen-regulated tonoplast intrinsic proteins in Arabidopsis1
Magazine article from: Plant Physiology; 11/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; Urea is the major nitrogen (N) form supplied...important N metabolite in plants. Because urea transport in plants is not well understood, the aim of the present study was to isolate urea transporter genes from the model plant Arabidopsis...
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2. UREA EXPORTS WORTH US$ 204 MILLION; UREA EXPORT POTENTIAL UP
Magazine article from: Indonesian Commercial Newsletter; 3/13/1995; 700+ words
; ...production unit and PT Petrokimia Gresik's urea production unit as well as the current...fertilizer plants, Indonesia's total annual urea production capacity will gradually increase...million tons. On the other hand, domestic urea consumption has to been increasing significantly...
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India's urea industry in the emerging trade order
Magazine article from: Indian Journal of Agricultural Economics; 4/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...quantitative restrictions (QRs), domestic urea industry is in disarray; whereas, domestic...accounts for more than 90 per cent of urea consumed in the country. The formidable level of self-sufficiency in urea has been brought about through an inward...
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Urea price may go down in H2.(Inorganics)
Magazine article from: China Chemical Reporter; 9/16/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...announced increasing the export tariff of urea from 135% to 150%, effective September...2008, in order to control the exports of urea and guarantee the domestic supply. In...2008 China produced 28 million tons of urea, 5.69% more than the same period of...
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Urea manufacturers got rid of cost increase.(NEWSDESK: Urea)
Magazine article from: China Chemical Reporter; 4/26/2006; ; 700+ words
; China's total urea output climbed up 6.4% in 2005 to 19...to the next. And there are still many urea manufacturing companies that are not listed...Lutianhua Company Ltd. is the third largest urea manufacturer in China with a 1.6 million...
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Urea manufacturers experienced high cost.(NEWSDESK: Urea)
Magazine article from: China Chemical Reporter; 5/26/2007; ; 700+ words
; China's total urea output increased 13.3% in 2006 to 48 million tons (if...Neither CNPC nor Sinopec reported the detailed data on their urea business. There are about 183 urea manufacturing plants in China as of 2006. The eighteen publicly...
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Urea market in 2002: Still no room for optimism. (Market report).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: China Chemical Reporter; 12/6/2001; 700+ words
; The urea market in 2002 will have some favorable factors...affecting the chemical fertilizer price, the urea price in particular. In the period of planned...there was a saying of "the price of 1 kg urea must be equal to the price of 2 kg grain...
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UREA INDUSTRY: ITS PROSPECTS FOLLOWING DISCONTINUATION OF SUBSIDY AND MONOPOLY.
Magazine article from: Indonesian Commercial Newsletter; 11/23/1999; 700+ words
; Up to now, the urea industry --whose players are mostly state...the other petrochemical industries, the urea industry --which uses natural gas as...natural gas and the agricultural sector's urea demand are large enough to enable the urea...
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Urea: 2009 World Market Outlook And Future Forecasts Through to 2015.
M2 Presswire; 8/31/2009; 695 words
; ...31 August 2009-Research and Markets: Urea: 2009 World Market Outlook And Future Forecasts...researchandmarkets.com/research/72b803/urea_2009_world_m) has announced the addition of the "Urea: 2009 World Market Outlook And Forecast...
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Urea
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Urea Urea is a white, crystalline solid also known as carbamide. It is highly soluble...nitrogen) and in cattle feed, where it also raises the nitrogen levels. Urea is also used in the manufacturing of barbiturates and in manufacturing some...
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urea
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
urea , organic compound that is the principal end...product of nitrogen metabolism in most mammals. Urea was the first animal metabolite to be isolated...18th cent., and in 1773 it was noted that urea gave off ammonia when heated. This discovery...
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Blood Urea Nitrogen Test
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
Blood Urea Nitrogen Test Definition The blood urea nitrogen (BUN) test measures the level of urea nitrogen in a sample of the patient's blood. Urea is a substance that is formed in the liver when the body breaks down protein. Urea then circulates...
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urea cycle
Book article from: A Dictionary of Biology
urea cycle ( ornithine cycle ) The series of biochemical...and carbon dioxide to the much less toxic urea during the excretion of metabolic nitrogen...lesser extent, in some other animals. The urea is ultimately excreted in solution in urine...
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Sir Hans Adolf Krebs
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...this technique in his study of the synthesis of urea by the liver. It was known that urea is produced in a liver undergoing autolysis, and...catalytically by the enzyme arginase to produce urea. In 1932 Krebs found that, when an amino acid...
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