alloxan

/uh-lok-suhn/US // əˈlɒk sən //

异黄酮,异烟肼,异黄酮素,异黄酮类

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
Biochemistry.
- : a white crystalline pyrimidine derivative, C4H2O4N2, used in biomedical research to induce diabetes in laboratory animals.

Sulphuretted hydrogen gas is passed, in a full stream, through a moderately strong aqueous solution of alloxan, in the cold.
The impure mother-liquor from which crystals of alloxan have separated, if diluted with water, may be used for this purpose.
When caffeine is carefully oxidized with chlorine, it yields dimethyl-alloxan and methyl-urea.
Dialuric, dī-a-lū′rik, adj. pertaining to alloxan and uric acid.