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thiobarbituric acid

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thiobarbituric acid /thio·bar·bi·tu·ric ac·id/ (thi″o-bahr″bĭ-tu´rik) a condensation of malonic acid and thiourea, closely related to barbituric acid. It is the parent compound of a class of drugs, the thiobarbiturates, which are analogous in their effects to barbiturates.
thiobarbituric acid
[thi′obahr′bitu′rik]
a compound that differs from barbituric acid only by the presence of a sulfur atom instead of an oxygen atom at the number 2 carbon. It is the parent compound of a class of drugs, the thiobarbiturates.

thiobarbituric acid [thi″o-bahr″bĭ-tu´rik]
a compound that differs from barbituric acid only by the presence of a sulfur atom instead of an oxygen atom at the number 2 carbon; it is the parent compound of a class of drugs, the thiobarbiturates.


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Determination of thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) The lipid peroxidation in the liver tissue was evaluated by measuring thiobarbituric acid reactive substance (TBARS) in homogenates, according to the method of Draper and Hadley (1990).
They also wanted to evaluate the effects of ozone treatments on aerobic plate counts and lipid oxidation, assessed as thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARs) and headspace propanal, through 10 days of refrigerated storage at 2 C.
Lipid peroxidation: Lipid peroxidation was quantified by measuring the formation of thiobarbituric acid reactive substances as described previously by Kurtel et al (1992).
 
 
 
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