alloxan

[uh-lok-suh n]

noun Biochemistry.

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

Origin of alloxan

< German, equivalent to All(antoïn) allantoin + Ox(alsäure) oxalic acid + -an -an; coined by J. von Liebig in 1838

Sulphuretted hydrogen gas is passed, in a full stream, through a moderately strong aqueous solution of alloxan, in the cold.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley
The impure mother-liquor from which crystals of alloxan have separated, if diluted with water, may be used for this purpose.
Cooley's Cyclopdia of Practical Receipts and Collateral Information in the Arts, Manufactures, Professions, and Trades..., Sixth Edition, Volume I
Arnold Cooley
Dialuric, dī-a-lū′rik, adj. pertaining to alloxan and uric acid.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)
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