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U0881

Uric acid

BioXtra, ≥99% (HPLC)

Synonym(s):

2,6,8-Trihydroxypurine

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C5H4N4O3
CAS Number:
69-93-2
Molecular Weight:
168.11
UNSPSC Code:
12352005
NACRES:
NA.55
PubChem Substance ID:
24900620
EC Number:
200-720-7
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
156158
MDL number:
MFCD00005712

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Product Name

Uric acid, BioXtra, ≥99% (HPLC)

InChI key

LEHOTFFKMJEONL-UHFFFAOYSA-N

InChI

1S/C5H4N4O3/c10-3-1-2(7-4(11)6-1)8-5(12)9-3/h(H4,6,7,8,9,10,11,12)

SMILES string

O=C1NC(=O)C2=C(N1)NC(=O)N2

biological source

animal (seabird feces (guano))

product line

BioXtra

assay

≥99% (HPLC)

form

powder

impurities

≤0.005% Phosphorus (P)

ign. residue

≤0.1%

mp

>300 °C (lit.)

solubility

1 M NaOH: soluble 50 mg/mL, clear, faintly yellow

cation traces

Al: ≤0.005%
Ca: ≤0.01%
Cu: ≤0.0005%
Fe: ≤0.0005%
K: ≤0.05%
Mg: ≤0.001%
NH4+: ≤0.05%
Na: ≤0.1%
Pb: ≤0.001%
Zn: ≤0.0005%

Quality Level

200

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Application

Uric acid has been used:
  • to prepare monosodium urate (MSU) crystals to study its effect on nuclear localization leucine-rich-repeat protein 1 (NLRP1) gene expression
  • as a reductant to test its protective potential against met-myoglobin formation
  • to prepare MSU to study its use as specific ligand of Clec12a.

General description

Uric acid is the terminal product of purine degradation in humans. It is formed from the action of xanthine oxidase upon xanthine. Elevated levels of uric acid may clinically be manifested as gout. In species other than humans, uric acid can be further metabolized. In mammals other than primates, uric acid is converted to allantoin. In teleost fish, allantoin is further converted to allantoate, which is hydrolyzed to urea and glyoxylate. Uric acid may also be used in the biosynthesis of purines. It has been studied as a scavenger of biological free radicals like peroxynitrite. High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) methods for uric acid have been published. Uric acid promotes monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) expression in vascular smooth muscle cells.

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 2

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

Eyeshields, Gloves, type N95 (US)

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Waleed Al Abdulmonem et al.
Protein and peptide letters, 28(3), 282-289 (2020-09-23)
Myoglobin is an oxygen binding protein and its dysfunction has been associated with the pathology of several human disorders. This study was undertaken to investigation the role of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in the formation of met-myoglobin and the protective potential
John Kanellis et al.
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979), 41(6), 1287-1293 (2003-05-14)
Previous studies have reported that uric acid stimulates vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation in vitro. We hypothesized that uric acid may also have direct proinflammatory effects on VSMCs. Crystal- and endotoxin-free uric acid was found to increase VSMC monocyte
H Ulrich Hink et al.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology, 22(9), 1402-1408 (2002-09-17)
The cytosolic form of Cu/Zn-containing superoxide dismutase (SOD1) has peroxidase activity, with H2O2 used as a substrate to oxidize other molecules. We examined peroxidase properties of the extracellular form of SOD (SOD3), a major isoform of SOD in the vessel
R B Kean et al.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950), 165(11), 6511-6518 (2000-11-22)
Uric acid (UA), a product of purine metabolism, is a known scavenger of peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)), which has been implicated in the pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis and experimental allergic encephalomyelitis (EAE). To determine whether the known therapeutic action of UA in
Konstantin Neumann et al.
Immunity, 40(3), 389-399 (2014-03-19)
Recognition of cell death by the innate immune system triggers inflammatory responses. However, how these reactions are regulated is not well understood. Here, we identify the inhibitory C-type lectin receptor Clec12a as a specific receptor for dead cells. Both human
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