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xanthinoxidase

xanthinoxidase is the alternative form of xanthine oxidase.

Meaning of xanthine oxidase

Noun

xanthine oxidase (plural xanthine oxidases)

  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.
    Synonyms:
    xanthinoxidase

Forms of xanthinoxidase

pluralxanthinoxidases

Questions about xanthinoxidase

What is xanthinoxidase the alternative form of?
Xanthinoxidase is the alternative form of xanthine oxidase.

Words near xanthinoxidase in the dictionary

  1. xanthinic
  2. xanthinin
  3. xanthinine
  4. xanthinol
  5. xanthinosin
  6. xanthinoxidase
  7. xanthinoxidases
  8. xanthins
  9. xanthinuria
  10. xanthinurias
  11. xanthinuric

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