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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the products (C4H2N2O4) of the decomposition of uric acid by nitric acid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.
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- noun biochemistry An
oxidation product ofuric acid , 2,4,5,6(1H,3H)-pyrimidinetetrone, capable of inducingdiabetes by destroyingpancreatic tissue
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Examples
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And a by-product of this process is a chemical called alloxan that forms in the flour, which has been linked to failure of the pancreas, a failure to produce insulin and the development of type 2 diabetes.
Organic Authority.com: 5 Foods to Stop Eating Today Organic Authority.com 2011
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And a by-product of this process is a chemical called alloxan that forms in the flour, which has been linked to failure of the pancreas, a failure to produce insulin and the development of type 2 diabetes.
Organic Authority.com: 5 Foods to Stop Eating Today Organic Authority.com 2011
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Murexide is produced by the action of ammonia on alloxan, which is itself derived from the uric acid of guano by treatment with nitric acid, and was known nearly forty years back to stain the fingers and nails red.
Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists George Field
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Two of the named four bodies, adenine and guanine, belong to a group of chemical compounds which today are usually included under the name of alloxan derivatives or purine derivatives.
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A grain or so is oxidized into reddish alloxan and alloxantin by carefuly evaporating with a few drops of strong nitric acid on a piece of porcelain.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 611, September 17, 1887 Various
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E. Fischer and L. Ach (_Berichte_, 1895, 28, p. 3135) have synthesized it from dimethyl alloxan, whilst W. Traube (_Berichte_, 1900, 33, p. 3435) has obtained it from 1.3 diamethyl 4.5 diamino 2.6 dioxypyrimidine.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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On oxidation with nitric acid caffeine gives cholesterophane (dimethyl parabanic acid), but if chlorine water be used as the oxidant, then it yields monomethyl urea and dimethyl alloxan (E. Fischer).
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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When caffeine is carefully oxidized with chlorine, it yields dimethyl-alloxan and methyl-urea.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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Yamamoto K, Miyagawa JI, Tochino Y, Yamamori K, et al. (1997) Demonstration of two different processes of beta-cell regeneration in a new diabetic mouse model induced by selective perfusion of alloxan.
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Yamamoto K, Miyagawa JI, Tochino Y, Yamamori K, et al. (1997) Demonstration of two different processes of beta-cell regeneration in a new diabetic mouse model induced by selective perfusion of alloxan.
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