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Uric acid is a
heterocyclic compound of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, and
hydrogen with the
formula C5H4N4O3. It
forms ions and
salts known as
urates and acid...
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swollen joint,
caused by the
deposition of needle-like
crystals of
uric acid
known as
monosodium urate crystals. Pain
typically comes on rapidly...
- build-up of
uric acid in all body fluids. The
combination of
increased synthesis and
decreased utilization of
purines leads to high
levels of
uric acid production...
- of
uric acid in
urine is 158 mg/100 mL.
Reducing the pH to 5.0
decreases the
solubility of
uric acid to less than 8 mg/100 mL. The
formation of
uric-acid...
- high
level of
uric acid in the blood. In the pH
conditions of body fluid,
uric acid
exists largely as urate, the ion form.
Serum uric acid concentrations...
- hydroxylase,
absent in humans,
catalyzes the
oxidation of
uric acid to 5-hydroxyisourate:
Uric acid + O2 + H2O → 5-hydroxyisourate + H2O2 5-hydroxyisourate...
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decrease high
blood uric acid levels. It is
specifically used to
prevent gout,
prevent specific types of
kidney stones and for the high
uric acid
levels that...
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dietitian and
vegetarianism activist. He was best
known for
pioneering the
uric-acid free diet. Haig was born at
Rumbling Bridge, Perthshire, in Scotland...
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Operation Uric (or
Operation Bootlace for the
South Africans) was a cross-border raid
carried out in
Mozambique by
operatives of the
Rhodesian Security...
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phosphate (hyperphosphatemia), low
blood calcium (hypocalcemia), high
blood uric acid (hyperuricemia), and
higher than
normal levels of
blood urea nitrogen...
