0 an acid that is produced during metabolism (= the processes by which a living thing uses food for energy and growth) and is removed from the body in the urine
1 an acid that is produced during metabolism (= the processes by which a living thing uses food for energy and growth) and is removed from the body in the urine
It is considered as uric acid solid crystals and it is less toxic than urea.
This can occur for a number of reasons, including diet, genetic predisposition, or underexcretion of urate, the salts of uric acid.
It is a synthetic urate oxidase enzyme and acts by degrading uric acid.
However, prolonged hyperuricemia can cause uric acid nephropathy.
Very high levels of uric acid may affect the function of your kidney.
Other well-documented effects included raised levels of potassium, blood sugar and uric acid.
Towards the physiological function of uric acid.
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.
