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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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Nutritionists have long known that some green vegetables, particularly leafy vegetables, such as spinach, are high in purines, and have consequently recommended that patients with gout reduce their consumption of these vegetables.

Update on the management of hyperuricemia and gout

Microbial nitrogen (g/d) = =70X / (0.83 x 0.116 x 1,000) =0.727 X where 0.83: digestibility coefficient for microbial purines, 70: nitrogen content of purines (mg/mmol), 0.116: proportion of nitrogen in purines relative to total nitrogen in microbial mass.

Dry matter intake, rumen fermentation and microbial nitrogen supply in Pelibuey sheep fed low-quality rations and different levels of corn oil

High purine diet (red meat, poultry, offal, seafood, pulses, soya, yeast).

Dr Miriam: Pain put to the acid test HEALTH FOCUS: GOUT

Green peas, asparagus, cauliflower, beans, and spinach are high in purines. Carrots and other vegetables, as well as fruit juices, are low in purines.

Preventing bouts of gout

Beer contains purines such as guanosine that can be degraded to urate.

Beer drinking emerges as strong risk factor for gout: Calcium intake appears to be protective. (No Association with Wine)

The damaged bases could be chiefly purines or formamidopyrimidines.

Formamidopyrimidine-DNA Glycosylase Enhances Arsenic-Induced DNA Strand Breaks in PHA-Stimulated and Unstimulated Human Lymphocytes

A relatively simple method of preparing substituted purines was developed and used to synthesize eight different 6-thiopurine analogs.

The preparation of various 6-thiopurine analogs using a modified traube synthesis

Purines are key building blocks for the synthesis of DNA and RNA and are involved in a variety of other cellular processes.

Repligen licenses patent rights for treatment of mitochondrial disorders and purine autism

Carbonaceous meteorites contain over 70 amino acids, some heterocyclic compounds, including purines, and carboxylic acids.

Prebiotic synthesis on minerals: bridging the prebiotic and RNA worlds

Uric acid is a substance that results from the breakdown of purines or waste products in the body.

Questions and Answers About Gout

They started with a palindromic sequence of 24 nucleotides: The order of purines and pyrimidines reads the same from either end of the strand.