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Definition of Alloxan
1. n. An oxidation product of uric acid. It is of a pale reddish color, readily soluble in water or alcohol.
Definition of Alloxan
1. Noun. (biochemistry) An oxidation product of uric acid, ''2,4,5,6(1H,3H)-pyrimidinetetrone'', capable of inducing diabetes by destroying pancreatic tissue ¹
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Definition of Alloxan
1. a chemical compound [n -S]
Medical Definition of Alloxan
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Alloxan
Literary usage of Alloxan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"alloxan is one of the numerous products of the oxidation of uric acid. ...
Schlieper recommends removing the alloxan as it forms, in order to withdraw it ..."
2. First principles of chemistry for the use of colleges and schools: For the by Benjamin Silliman (1861)
"alloxan crystallizes in small colorless brilliant rhomboidal crystals, ...
In contact with bases, alloxan combines with Ha03 to form a feeble ..."
3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1912)
"In its physiological action alloxan affects the central nervous system, ...
alloxan is readily oxidised by warm dilute nitric acid, forming carbon dioxide ..."
4. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"Other tests for alloxan are (1) the formation of a deep violet-blue colour when a
... When alloxan, dried at 100°, is similarly treated, there is no colour ..."
5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, URBANA. ILL. NOTES. The Instability of alloxan.—On
returning to the Chemical Laboratory after the summer vacation last year I ..."
6. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1856)
"Whrn the alloxan-solution is boiled down, a red .substance remains together with
the alloxan ; this substance forms with water a bright red solution, ..."
7. Fownes' Manual of Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1878)
"in a stream of hydrogen give off their water, and leave anhydrous alloxan,
C4N,H,04> alloxan is very soluble in water : tlic solution lias an acid reaction ..."
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