Examples of uric acid

• Under normal conditions this membrane bound enzyme exists in the xanthine deydrogenase form, converting hypoxanthine to xanthine, and xanthine to uric acid.

• Unravelling the 'uric acid paradox' will be an interesting task.

• We humans have uric acid levels much higher than those of other primates, probably because it protects against oxidative tissue damage.

• Change of the rat xanthine oxidase/dehydrogenase and uric acid formation by aging and dietary restriction in the liver.

• The concentration of uric acid was found to be significantly higher in the human hydatid fluids compared with other cyst fluids.

• Cerebrovascular fluid levels of uric acid in dogs and the effect of allopurinol.

• Determination of uric acid and hematin in a single sample of excreta from blood-fed insects.

• Traces of uric acid and guanosine also were found in the faeces of some of the argasid ticks, but these compounds did not induce an arrestment response in the bioassays.

• Towards the physiological function of uric acid.

• Other well-documented effects included raised levels of potassium, blood sugar and uric acid.

• Very high levels of uric acid may affect the function of your kidney.

• However, prolonged hyperuricemia can cause uric acid nephropathy.

• It is a synthetic urate oxidase enzyme and acts by degrading uric acid.

• This can occur for a number of reasons, including diet, genetic predisposition, or underexcretion of urate, the salts of uric acid.

• It is considered as uric acid solid crystals and it is less toxic than urea.