"Xanthine Dehydrogenase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An enzyme that catalyzes the oxidation of XANTHINE in the presence of NAD+ to form URIC ACID and NADH. It acts also on a variety of other purines and aldehydes.
| Descriptor ID |
D014968
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.682.047.892
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| Concept/Terms |
Xanthine Dehydrogenase- Xanthine Dehydrogenase
- Dehydrogenase, Xanthine
- Purine Hydroxylase I
- Xanthine Oxidoreductase
- Oxidoreductase, Xanthine
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In vivo and in vitro 1-methylxanthine metabolism in the rat. Evidence that the dehydrogenase form of xanthine oxidase predominates in intact perfused liver. Drug Metab Dispos. 1987 May-Jun; 15(3):295-9.