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xanthinine

xanthinine noun: a poorly-characterised material, related to urea and uric acid, that forms yellow salts, and exhibits a blue fluorescence.

Noun

xanthinine (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A poorly-characterised material, related to urea and uric acid, that forms yellow salts, and exhibits a blue fluorescence.

Questions about xanthinine

What does xanthinine mean?
Xanthinine means a poorly-characterised material, related to urea and uric acid, that forms yellow salts, and exhibits a blue fluorescence.
What part of speech is xanthinine?
Xanthinine is a noun.

Words near xanthinine in the dictionary

  1. xanthine oxidase
  2. xanthine oxidases
  3. xanthines
  4. xanthinic
  5. xanthinin
  6. xanthinine
  7. xanthinol
  8. xanthinosin
  9. xanthinoxidase
  10. xanthinoxidases
  11. xanthins

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