Not available outside of the UK & Ireland.

Application

Xanthine has been used as a substrate for the determination of xanthine oxidase (XOD) inhibitory activity. It has also been used in the following systems:yeast culturehuman cell line culturerecombinant viruses cloned as bacterial artificial chromosomes in Escherichia coli

Biochem/physiol Actions

Xanthine and xanthine oxidase are used to generate superoxide radicals to measure the activity of superoxide dismutase.

Features and Benefits

Tested for trace metal content (fuller details in Properties section and on Specification Sheet) Tested for trace sulfate content (fuller details in Properties section and on Specification Sheet)

General description

Xanthine or its derivatives are naturally present in animal organs, yeast, potatoes, coffee beans, and tea.

Xanthine is a purine that can be produced in the purine metabolic pathway via different precursors: Guanine deamination by guanine deaminase Hypoxanthine conversion by xanthine oxidoreductase

Packaging

1, 5, 25 g in poly bottle