Xanthine
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title:
Xanthine
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Xanthine is a purine base found in most human body tissues and fluids, as well as in other organisms. Several stimulants are derived from xanthine, including caffeine, theophylline, and theobromine. Xanthine is a product on the pathway of purine degradation.
- It is created from guanine by guanine deaminase.
- It is created from hypoxanthine by xanthine oxidoreductase.
- It is also created from xanthosine by purine nucleoside phosphorylase. Xanthine is subsequently converted to uric acid b
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Chemical compound
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xanthine
date created:
2002-05-19T08:56:03Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T06:44:17Z
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