Salvage of circulating hypoxanthine by tissues of the mouse
- 1 November 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Canadian Journal of Biochemistry and Cell Biology
- Vol. 61 (11) , 1153-1157
- https://doi.org/10.1139/o83-148
Abstract
Hypoxanthine is an inefficient precursor of purine nucleotides in mouse tissues. In vitro, mouse erythrocytes salvage 90% in 10 min) to allantoin and uric acid. All tissues examined (other than erythrocytes) converted small amounts of hypoxanthine to nucleotides, with kidney and lung being the most active tissues examined. It is estimated that <2% of circulating hypoxanthine is salvaged in the mouse; the remainder is catabolized.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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