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uric acid
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uric acid The end‐product of
purine metabolism in human beings and other apes; other mammals have the enzyme uricase, which converts the uric acid to allantoin, which is more soluble in water. See also
gout.
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Uric Acid, Type 2 Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Diseases: Fueling the Common Soil Hypothesis?
Magazine article from: Clinical Chemistry; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; Uric acid is the final oxidation product...diseases, and most notably uric acid is causally involved in...across extreme quintiles of uric acid in multivariable analyses...that part of the effect of uric acid on the incidence of diabetes...
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Preparation of Uric Acid Standard Stock Solution
Magazine article from: Clinical Chemistry; 11/1/2006; ; 665 words
; To the Editor: For measurement of uric acid in serum, calibrators of known concentration...be prepared in a suitable solvent. Uric acid is virtually insoluble in water...hydroxide as the solvent for dissolving uric acid at a molar ratio of ammonium hydroxide...
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Associations of uric acid with polymorphisms in the [delta]-aminolevulinic acid dehydratase, vitamin D receptor, and nitric oxide synthase genes in Korean lead workers.(Research)
Magazine article from: Environmental Health Perspectives; 11/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...research suggests that uric acid may be nephrotoxic...associated with higher uric acid in those with the...lead exposure, uric acid, vitamin D receptor...and increased uric acid levels (Lin et al...literature suggests that uric acid may be nephrotoxic...
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Uric Acid May Help Reduce Effects of Spinal Cord Injury, Jefferson Researchers Find.
News Wire article from: Ascribe Higher Education News Service; 2/14/2005; 700+ words
; ...Increasing levels of uric acid, a metabolic breakdown...rats that were given uric acid. "The injury causes a...two or three joints. The uric acid-treated rats recovered...feasible to give someone uric acid immediately and raise levels...
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Perchloric Acid Treatment To Stabilize Uric Acid Concentrations in Blood Samples of Patients Receiving Uric Acid Oxidase (Rasburicase) Therapy
Magazine article from: Clinical Chemistry; 2/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...the Editor: Sample handling requirements for uric acid analysis during recombinant uric acid oxidase (rasburicase, Sanofi-Synthelabo...Following the manufacturer's instructions, uric acid concentration was 83 mol/L, compared to 95...
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Associations among lead dose biomarkers, uric acid, and renal function in Korean lead workers.(Research)
Magazine article from: Environmental Health Perspectives; 1/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Recent research suggests that both uric acid and lead may be nephrotoxic at lower...Fructuoso et al. 2002; Vaziri 2002). Uric acid is also a nephrotoxicant, and increasing...lead biomarkers were associated with uric acid and whether uric acid levels were...
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High serum uric acid linked to atherosclerosis.(CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE)
Magazine article from: Family Practice News; 8/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...asymptomatic adults with elevated serum uric acid levels had a significantly increased...into quartiles based on their serum uric acid levels. The highest quartile level...10 had gout, although with serum uric acid levels this high many more would...
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Sample Preparation in Patients Receiving Uric Acid Oxidase (Rasburicase) Therapy
Magazine article from: Clinical Chemistry; 8/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...patient who received the recombinant uric acid oxidase Rasburicase (Sanofi-Synthelabo...sample handling requirements for uric acid analysis. Rasburicase is a...medications may cause artefactually low uric acid concentrations, as documented in...
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Plasma Uric Acid and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in a Chinese Community
Magazine article from: Clinical Chemistry; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...studies of an association between uric acid and diabetes risk is limited. We...renal disease (3,4), the role of uric acid in diabetes risk remains controversial...biochemical biomarkers, including lipids, uric acid, and glucose, and assessed renal...
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Uric acid may raise CKD risk: large study provides more epidemiologic evidence of an association.
Magazine article from: Renal & Urology News; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...found that higher levels of uric acid are associated with an increased...epidemiologic evidence linking uric acid to development of renal...found that elevated serum uric acid levels are a modest...Each 1 mg/dL rise in uric acid was associated with a 7...
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Uric Acid Tests
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...measure the level of kidney functioning. Uric acid is a waste product that results from the breakdown of purine, a nucleic acid. (Nucleic acids are the building blocks of DNA.) Uric acid is made in the liver and excreted by the...
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uric acid
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
uric acid , white, odorless, tasteless...to form purines and finally uric acid; these so-called uricotelic...normal human blood. The pure acid is obtained from guano and...which is then evaporated. If uric acid is present, murexide...
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Lactic Acid
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
...the bloodstream and the lactic acid is converted to carbon dioxide...which are exhaled. If lactic acid levels in the bloodstream rise...x2014; combinations of acids, salts, and bases that maintain...metabolize, or break down, lactic acid is decreased significantly by...can also lead to a buildup ...
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Anti-Hyperuricemic Drugs
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...hyperuricemia, the state of having too much uric acid in the blood. Purpose Anti-hyperuricemic drugs decrease the levels of uric acid in the blood, either by increasing...allopurinol decreases the amount of uric acid that is produced (and may help prevent...
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Gout Drugs
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine, 3rd ed.
...Purpose Gout is a disease in which uric acid, a waste product that normally passes...wine, may increase the amount of uric acid in the body and may interfere with...conditions that result from excess uric acid) may need to limit the amount...
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