Allantoin is a chemical compound with formula C4H6N4O3. It is also called 5-ureidohydantoin or glyoxyldiureide. It is a diureide of glyoxylic acid. Allantoin...

y-5-ureidoimidazoline 2-oxo-4-hydroxy-4-carboxy-5-ureidoimidazoline → allantoin + CO2 Urate oxidase is mainly localised in the liver, where it forms a...

In enzymology, an allantoin racemase ({EC 5.1.99.3) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction (S)(+)-allantoin ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons...

Bacillus fastidiosus is only able to grow in the presence of uric acid, allantoin, or allantoic acid. This species has been recently transferred into the...

reaction (S)-allantoin + H2O ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } allantoate Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are (S)-allantoin and H2O, whereas...

crystalline acid obtained by hydrolysis of allantoin. In nature, allantoic acid is produced from allantoin by the enzyme allantoinase (encoded by the...

recombinant version of urate oxidase, an enzyme that metabolizes uric acid to allantoin. Urate oxidase is known to be present in many mammals but does not naturally...

course of his study of uric acid. He obtained it by hydrogenation of allantoin, hence the name. Friedrich Urech synthesized 5-methylhydantoin in 1873...

wounds' rate of healing. For this purpose, it is sometimes combined with allantoin. It binds to the hair shaft readily, so, it is a common component of commercial...

swelling and hydrolysis of skin), salicylic acid, urea, lactic acid, allantoin, glycolic acid, and trichloroacetic acid. While cytostatic agents such...