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n. - Crystalline oxidation product of the metabolism of nucleoproteins.

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  • The inhibition was reversed by hypoxanthine, adenine, guanine, and xanthine (28).
  • It could grow on adenine, guanine, hypoxanthine or xanthine, provided the pyrimidine thymine was added.
  • The fate of the intermediate oxypurines, hypoxanthine and xanthine, turned out to be a fascinating one.
  • The artificial preparation of theobromine and caffeine from xanthine, and guanine also show clearly their relations.
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