Definition of Guanin

1. n. A crystalline substance (C5H5N5O) contained in guano. It is also a constituent of the liver, pancreas, and other glands in mammals.

Definition of Guanin

1. Noun. (biochemistry) guanine ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Guanin

1. guanine [n -S] - See also: guanine

Medical Definition of Guanin

1. A crystalline substance (C5H5N5O) contained in guano. It is also a constituent of the liver, pancreas, and other glands in mammals. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Guanin

guanidiniums
guanidino
guanidinoacetase
guanidinoacetate
guanidinoacetate kinase
guanidinoacetate methyltransferase
guanidinobenzoate esterase
guanidinobutyrase
guanidinopropionase
guanidins
guanidinylated
guanidium
guanidyl
guanidyls
guaniferous
guanin (current term)
guanine
guanine aminase
guanine cell
guanine deaminase
guanine deoxyribonucleotide
guanine ribonucleotide
guanines
guanins
guano bat
guanochlor sulfate
guanodine
guanodines
guanos

Literary usage of Guanin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of the Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates by Gustav Mann, Walther Löb, Henry William Frederic Lorenz, Robert Wiedersheim, William Newton Parker, Thomas Jeffery Parker, Harry Clary Jones, Sunao Tawara, Leverett White Brownell, Max Julius Louis Le Blanc, Willis Rodney Whitney, John Wesley Brown, Wi (1906)
"Therefore guanin is converted through the xanthin stage into uric acid. The 2-amino,—6, 8-dioxy-purin, which might have given rise to uric acid, was absent. ..."

2. The Histology and Histochemistry of Man: A Treatise on the Elements of by Heinrich Frey (1875)
"Some years ago Strecker obtained xanthin from the transformation of guanin. guanin is not a constituent of urine, but is found in the pancreas. ..."

3. The Chemical Basis of the Animal Body by Arthur Sheridan Lea (1892)
"A hydrochloride of guanin is formed which is crystalline, and from this compound the guanin is separated by the addition of'concentrated ammonia.2 guanin is ..."

4. Principles of Organic and Physiological Chemistry by Carl Löwig (1853)
"After a few hours, a precipitate is formed consisting of guanin and uric acid; we boil this with hydrochloric acid, and precipitate the guanin from the ..."

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