"Uric Acid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An oxidation product, via XANTHINE OXIDASE, of oxypurines such as XANTHINE and HYPOXANTHINE. It is the final oxidation product of purine catabolism in humans and primates, whereas in most other mammals URATE OXIDASE further oxidizes it to ALLANTOIN.
| Descriptor ID |
D014527
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.132.960.877 D03.438.759.758.824.877
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| Concept/Terms |
Uric Acid- Uric Acid
- Acid, Uric
- Trioxopurine
- 2,6,8-Trihydroxypurine
Sodium Urate Monohydrate- Sodium Urate Monohydrate
- Monohydrate, Sodium Urate
- Urate Monohydrate, Sodium
- Monosodium Urate Monohydrate
- Monohydrate, Monosodium Urate
- Urate Monohydrate, Monosodium
- Sodium Acid Urate Monohydrate
- Sodium Urate
- Urate, Sodium
- Monosodium Urate
- Urate, Monosodium
- Sodium Acid Urate
- Acid Urate, Sodium
- Urate, Sodium Acid
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| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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