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A7878

Allantoin

≥98%

Synonym(s):

5-Ureidohydantoin, Glyoxylic(acid) diureide

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C4H6N4O3
CAS Number:
Molecular Weight:
158.12
EC Number:
202-592-8
UNSPSC Code:
12352100
MDL number:
Beilstein/REAXYS Number:
102364
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InChI

1S/C4H6N4O3/c5-3(10)6-1-2(9)8-4(11)7-1/h1H,(H3,5,6,10)(H2,7,8,9,11)

InChI key

POJWUDADGALRAB-UHFFFAOYSA-N

SMILES string

NC(=O)NC1NC(=O)NC1=O

assay

≥98%

mp

230 °C (dec.) (lit.)

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Biochem/physiol Actions

Purine metabolite via the uric acid pathway. Uric acid also reacts with free radicals to produce allantoin, thus allantoin may be a useful biomarker for oxidative stress.

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

wgk

WGK 1

flash_point_f

Not applicable

flash_point_c

Not applicable

ppe

dust mask type N95 (US), Eyeshields, Gloves

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Pete Gagnon et al.
Journal of chromatography. A, 1395, 136-142 (2015-04-18)
Exposure of three native IgG1 monoclonal antibodies to 100mM acetate, pH 3.5 had no significant effect on their hydrodynamic size (11.5±0.5nm), while elution from protein A with the same buffer created a conformation of 5.5±1.0nm. Formation of the reduced-size conformation
Peng Wang et al.
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry, 60(11), 2793-2798 (2012-03-01)
Despite increasing knowledge of allantoin as a phytochemical involved in rice, relatively little is known about its distribution and function in rice grains. In this study, allantoin was quantified in 15 Chinese rice grains, and its contents varied with grain
Camila G Moreira et al.
Journal of ethnopharmacology, 141(3), 1005-1011 (2012-04-17)
Pyrostegia venusta is a native Brazilian plant which has a variety of uses in traditional folk medicine including the treatment of vitiligo. However, its effectiveness on melanogenesis is not yet elucidated. This study aimed to investigate the melanogenic activity of
Rufus Turner et al.
Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences, 891-892, 85-89 (2012-03-09)
Allantoin is the major oxidation product of urate in humans and is a potential biomarker of oxidative stress. Several methods are used to measure allantoin in biological samples but they have inherent issues that can include lack of specificity and
Dora Il'yasova et al.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry, 413(19-20), 1446-1453 (2012-06-12)
Oxidative damage produced by reactive oxygen species (ROS) has been implicated in the etiology and pathology of many health conditions, including a large number of chronic diseases. Urinary biomarkers of oxidative status present a great opportunity to study redox balance

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