pterin

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pterin

(ˈtɛrɪn)
n
(Chemistry) any of a group of substances which occur naturally as insect pigments
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Urine or blood pterins and DHPR activity was done in only 8 cases and all were followed up by a metabolic physician.
A long-term study of the excretion of folate and pterins in a human subject after ingestion of 14C folic acid, with observations on the effect of diphenylhydantoin administration.
(2015b) Impact-induced muscle damage and urinary pterins in professional rugby: 7,8-dihydroneopterin oxidation by myoglobin.
He had normal urinary pterins and dihydropteridine reductase activity.
XO can act on certain purines, pterins, and aldehydes [25].
However, 6-FP, like many other pterins, is known to be a potent inhibitor of xanthine oxidase [22].
The determination of pterins, biogenic amine metabolites and aromatic amino acids in cerebrospinal fluid using isocratic reverse phase liquid chromatography with in series dual cell coulometric electrochemical and fluorescence detection: use in the study of inborn errors of dihydropteridine reductase and 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolatye reductase.
Similar to mammals and bacteria, in which DHN triphosphate is a precursor to a number of pterins (Brown, 1985), DHN triphosphate and DHN itself are potential branch points in the folate synthesis pathway.
Merck Eprova specializes in the synthesis development and commercial manufacturing of pterins, a class of molecules that includes Phenoptin.