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purines

A group of nitrogen-containing compounds that includes adenine and guanine, the bases whose sequence forms the genetic code. An excess of purines can cause GOUT.
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To help keep the uric acid production in check, it is often helpful to reduce the consumption of foods high in purine.
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Specifically, nucleic acids or their constituent purine or pyrimidine bases act as internal microbial markers of microbial protein synthesis [2].
The relationship between odd- and branched-chain fatty acids and microbial nucleic acid bases in rumen
Since uric acid forms when your body metabolizes substances called purines, experts historically have advised gout patients to help lower uric acid by minimizing or avoiding purine-rich foods, such as red meat and organ meats, game meats, seafood, poultry, beer, distilled spirits, and foods and beverages containing high-fructose corn syrup.
Lower your uric acid to ward off painful gout flare-ups: preventing urate deposits is critical to managing gout and avoiding related complications, a Cleveland clinic expert emphasizes
For the simultaneous determination of pyrimidines and purines, HPLC is more frequently used, but capillary GC is free from use of expensive solvents and their disposal.
Gas Chromatographic Determination of Purines and Pyrimidines from DNA Using Ethyl Chloroformate as Derivatizing Reagent
Second, many beers already contain a large number of purines from the fermentation process.
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Absorbed purines were also evaluated by considering the endogenous excretion through the application of equation described by Gonzalez-Ronquillo et al.
EFFICIENCY OF DIETARY NITROGEN UTILIZATION AND DIGESTIVE METABOLISM OF DAIRY COWS FED DIFFERENT NITROGEN SOURCES AND SUGARCANE
Many foods and beverages contain purines; the ones highest in purines that should be avoided by those who have gout include:
Foods that contain purines
Mean values of excretion of allantoin in the urine, total purine derivations, absorbed purines and microbial nitrogen compounds were significantly different (p < 0.
Sugar cane fresh or ensiled with or without bacterial additive in diets for dairy cows/Cana-de-acucar in natura e ensilada com ou sem aditivo bacteriano em dietas para vacas lactantes
Beer is very bad as it's high in purines, which increase the amount of uric acid.
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A diet rich in purines also forms uric acid stones--with purine substances also found in animal proteins including meat, fish and shellfish.
What you should know about kidney stones and heart health: the disorder in women is edging out the occurrence in men, and this may spell trouble for your heart
Se analizaron 79 muestras de piensos y purines procedentes de granjas situadas en las zonas central y mediterranea, con distintas orientaciones productivas (gestacion, maternidad, transicion y cebo) en invierno y verano.
Caracterizacion y variabilidad de la composicion del purin porcino en granjas comerciales de Espana (considerando diferentes categorias animales y dietas)
falciparum's Achilles' heel: it can't synthesize purines, vital building blocks for making DNA.
New drug wipes out deadliest malaria parasite by starving it to death

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