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xanthine

Known as: Xanthine [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A purine base found in most body tissues and fluids, certain plants, and some urinary calculi. It is an intermediate in the degradation of adenosine… 
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In BloodXanthine derivatives:PrThr:Pt:Urine:OrdXanthine/Total:MFr:Pt:Calculus:QnXanthine:MCnc:Pt:Urine:Qn

Broader (2)

Xanthinesoxypurine

Narrower (1)

Xanthinuria, Type II

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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Antioxidant and prooxidant properties of caffeine, theobromine and xanthine.
BACKGROUND Caffeine, along with its catabolic products theobromine and xanthine, is a key component of tea and coffee. These… 
Review
1999
Review
1999
Trophic effects of purines in neurons and glial cells
Review
1994
Review
1994
Cloned adenosine A3 receptors: pharmacological properties, species differences and receptor functions.
Review
1992
Review
1992
Implication of free radical mechanisms in ethanol-induced cellular injury.
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Lucigenin chemiluminescence in the assessment of neutrophil superoxide production.
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Regulation of mouse oocyte meiotic maturation: implication of a decrease in oocyte cAMP and protein dephosphorylation in commitment to resume meiosis.
Highly Cited
1978
Highly Cited
1978
Cyclic AMP in relation to proliferation of the Epidermal cell: a new view
Highly Cited
1975
Highly Cited
1975
The interaction of bovine erythrocyte superoxide dismutase with hydrogen peroxide: inactivation of the enzyme.
Bovine erythrocyte superoxide dismutase was slowly and irreversibly inactivated by hydrogen peroxide. The rate of this… 
Highly Cited
1970
Highly Cited
1970
Effects of xanthine derivatives on lipolysis and on adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate phosphodiesterase activity.
The lipolytic potencies of 64 compounds, mostly xanthine derivatives, were determined in epididymal fat cells. Nine of the… 
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
The regulation of rat liver xanthine oxidase. Conversion in vitro of the enzyme activity from dehydrogenase (type D) to oxidase (type O).
Abstract The aerobic oxidation of xanthine by rat liver supernatant was greatly stimulated by the addition of methylene blue or… 
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