Alloxantin Sentence Examples

It becomes red on exposure, and in the moist condition absorbs oxygen from the air, giving alloxantin.

C ALLOXANTIN $ H 4 N 4 0 7.3H 2 0, a product obtained by the combination of alloxan and dialuric acid, probably possessing the constitution NH - CO CO - NH O - O - H NH - C CO - NH one of the three molecules of water being possibly constitutional.

The formation of murexide is used as a test for the presence of uric acid, which on evaporation with dilute nitric acid gives alloxantin, and by the addition of ammonia to the residue the purple red colour of murexide becomes apparent.

Wohler, Ann., 1838, 26, s p. 276), or of alloxantin (A.