English Explanatory Dictionary

xanthine oxidase

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A crystallizable flavoprotein enzyme containing iron and molybdenum that promotes the oxidation especially of hypoxanthine and xanthine to uric acid and of many aldehydes to carboxylic acids and that is obtained usually from milk or liver.

Word forms

xanthine oxidase xanthine oxidases

Synonyms

xanthinoxidase
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