Definition of Uroerythrin. Meaning of Uroerythrin. Synonyms of Uroerythrin

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Definition of Uroerythrin

Uroerythrin
Uroerythrin U`ro*e*ryth"rin, n. [See 1st Uro-, and Erythrin.] (Physiol. Chem.) A reddish urinary pigment, considered as the substance which gives to the urine of rheumatism its characteristic color. It also causes the red color often seen in deposits of urates.

Meaning of Uroerythrin from wikipedia

- Uroerythrin is a red pigment present in the urine, where it is part of a group of yellow, brown and red pigments generally designated as urochrome. Pigments...
- of gl**** Purpurine, an earlier, but still occasionally seen, name for uroerythrin, the pink/red precipitate from urine This disambiguation page lists articles...
- This name did not stick, however, and the compound became known as uroerythrin from the work of Franz Simon. Its structure was identified only in 1975...