alloxan (redirected from Alloxane)

alloxan /al·lox·an/ (ah-lok´san) an oxidized product of uric acid that tends to destroy the islet cells of the pancreas, thus producing diabetes (alloxan diabetes).

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alloxan (lok´san),

n a substance, mesoxalyl urea, capable of producing experimental diabetes by destroying the islet cells of the pancreas.

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alloxan

an oxidized product of uric acid which destroys ß cells of the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas. It has been used in experimental studies of diabetes mellitus and in the treatment of insulinomas in dogs.