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PRONUNCIATION OF ALLOXAN

alloxan  [əˈlɒksən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALLOXAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Alloxan is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ALLOXAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Alloxan

Alloxan is an oxygenated pyrimidine derivative. It is present as alloxan hydrate in aqueous solution.

Definition of alloxan in the English dictionary

The definition of alloxan in the dictionary is a reddish organic compound C4H2N2O4 produced by oxidation of uric acid. Alloxan damages the islets of Langerhans in the pancreas, thus causing diabetes.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALLOXAN


boxen
ˈbɒksən
Clarkson
ˈklɑːksən
claxon
ˈklæksən
cockswain
ˈkɒksən
Cookson
ˈkʊksən
coxswain
ˈkɒksən
dioxan
daɪˈɒksən
Ericson
ˈɛrɪksən
Eriksson
ˈɛrɪksən
Jackson
ˈdʒæksən
klaxon
ˈklæksən
mixen
ˈmɪksən
Niedersachsen
ˈniːdərzaksən
Nixon
ˈnɪksən
oxen
ˈɒksən
Oxon.
ˈɒksən
Sachsen
ˈzaksən
Saxon
ˈsæksən
Texan
ˈtɛksən
vixen
ˈvɪksən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALLOXAN

allottery
allotting
allotype
allotypic
allotypically
allotypy
allow
allowability
allowable
allowableness
allowably
allowance
Alloway
allowedly
alloy
alloy steel
alloy wheels
alloyed junction
alloying
allozyme

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALLOXAN

Afghanistan
African
Akan
Alan
American
an
as one man
Asian
Australian
Balikpapan
ban
batman
began
Brian
can
Canadian
Christian
clean
dan
to a man

Synonyms and antonyms of alloxan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «alloxan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALLOXAN

Find out the translation of alloxan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of alloxan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «alloxan» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

四氧嘧啶
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alloxan
570 millions of speakers

English

alloxan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

alloxan
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

آلوكسان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

аллоксан
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alloxan
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

alloxan
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

alloxane
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Alloxan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Alloxan
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アロキサン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

알록 산
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alloxan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

alloxan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அலொட்சான்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ऑलोकॅनन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alloxan´ın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alloxan
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

alloksanem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

аллоксан
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alloxan
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αλλοξάνης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

alloxan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

alloxan
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

alloxan
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of alloxan

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALLOXAN»

The term «alloxan» is regularly used and occupies the 96.457 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALLOXAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about alloxan

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALLOXAN»

Discover the use of alloxan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to alloxan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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PROGRESS IN MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY
Alloxan is well known for its diabetogenic action in a number of animals. Injection of alloxan into rats, after brief transitory phases of hyper- and hypoglycaemia, causes permanent diabetes [63-66]. The diabetogenic action can also be ...
G. P. Ellis, G. B. West, 2011
2
Joslin's Diabetes Mellitus: Edited by C. Ronald Kahn ... [et ...
ALLOXAN-SUSCEPTIBLE MICE: A MODEL OF NUTRITIONALLY EVOKED TYPE 2 DIABETES Strain Origin and Diabetic Phenotype ALS (alloxan-susceptible) mice were derived from outbred CD- 1 mice by selection for sensitivity to ...
Elliott Proctor Joslin, C. Ronald Kahn, 2005
3
Target Organ Toxicity
proinsulin biosynthesis,82 it is not surprising that alloxan inhibits glucose- stimulated proin- sulin biosynthesis. This was documented in islets removed from mice killed 10 min after injection of alloxan8' or in rat islets exposed in vitro to alloxan.
Cohen, 1986
4
Comprehensive Toxicology
can overcome a completely protective dose of glucose. Conversely, increasing a partially protective dose glucose can provide complete protection from a diabetogenic dose of alloxan. Thus, it is acting as though glucose and alloxan are ...
‎2010
5
Toxicology of the Pancreas
Hence, it has been strongly implicated in the mechanism of toxicity of alloxan through the formation of toxic-free radicals (O~2 and -OH). Presumably, the potential of alloxan to generate ROS is superior to the potential of STZ.165 The obvious ...
Parviz M. Pour, 2005
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Internal Secretions of the Pancreas: Volume 9: Colloquia on ...
It is well known that a number of non-specific factors may interfere with the diabetogenic action of alloxan. There is also the as yet unexplained observation that clamping of the renal pedicles prevents alloxan diabetes, and just recently Dr .
CIBA Foundation Symposium, 2009
7
Feeding Behavior: Neural and Humoral Controls
Woods and McKay found that lateral ventricular injection of alloxan did impair the glucoprivic feeding response without producing other obvious neurological deficits or illness. Joan Murnane and I also injected alloxan into the lateral . ventricle ...
Robert Ritter, 1986
8
Study of the Endocrine and Metabolic Dysfunction and ...
Six New Zealand White rabbits were allocated to alloxan injection followed by burn injury, 5 to bum injury only and 5 to alloxan only. ln the alloxan-treated bum- injured and in the bum-injured only group, 3 animals of each group survived the 8 ...
Frank Weekers, 2003
9
First Symposium on Chemical-biological Correlation, May ...
Yet some sort of thiol mechanism is implied in reports°® of the inhibition of fibrinogen coagulation by iodoacetamide. The last of the drugs of" Table 1 to discuss is alloxan. This compound long known and studied has sprung into prominence ...
National Research Council (U.S.). Chemical-Biological Coordination Center, 1951
10
Diabetes Without Drugs: The 5-Step Program to Control Blood ...
Chlorine gas, when it comes in contact with wheat, also forms another substance called alloxan, which is known to ... Alloxan is so good at destroying the pancreas that scientists even use it in clinical trials to induce diabetes in lab animals!
Suzy Cohen, RPh

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALLOXAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term alloxan is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Eating avocado reduces damage from air pollution, heart attack
Alhassan and colleagues also evaluated the hypoglycaemic activity of avocado aqueous seed extracts on alloxan-induced diabetic rats and ... «The Guardian Nigeria, May 15»
2
Does fermented drink kombucha actually have health benefits?
In the study, it was found that kombucha consumption effectively restored the alloxan-induced changes in the body. While black tea had the ... «South China Morning Post, Apr 15»
3
Prophetic Medicine: What about sugar?
... B, C, D, E and F. These glycans exerted remarkable hypoglycemic actions in normal and alloxan-produced hyperglycemic mice. [22]. «MuslimVillage.com, Apr 15»
4
Anticancer Properties Of Saffron
Elgazar AF, Rezq AA, Bukhari HM. Anti-hyperglycemic effect of saffrom extract in alloxan-induced diabetic rats. Eur J Biol Sci. 2013; 5(1):14-22. «ProHealth, Mar 15»
5
Onion protects against testicular, kidney damage, diabetes, stroke …
Alloxan induced diabetic rats were used for the study. Surviving diabetic rats were divided into treatment and control groups. Treatment groups ... «The Guardian Nigeria, Mar 15»
6
Dear Pharmacist: New research shows coconut water may help …
Alloxan is pervasive in our food supply. There's a ton of research correlating its ability to induce diabetes in clinical trials, that's why it's used in ... «Sun Sentinel, Mar 15»
7
Alloxan-contaminated foods tied to diabetes
The rats in the study got diabetes from a potent compound called alloxan. Even though alloxan only has been proven to induce diabetes in rats, ... «Ocala, Mar 15»
8
Ask The Pharmacist: New research indicates coconut water …
The rats in the study got diabetes from a potent compound called alloxan. Even though alloxan has only been proven to induce diabetes in rats, ... «Naples Daily News, Mar 15»
9
Pharmacist: Coconut water may help diabetics
The rats in the study got diabetes from a potent compound called alloxan. Even though alloxan has only been proven to induce diabetes in rats, ... «Tulsa World, Feb 15»
10
Researchers Alert On Proliferation of Toxic Herbal Preparations
Acute toxicity, lipid peroxidation and ameliorative properties of its ethanol leaf extract on the kidney markers of alloxan induced diabetic rats ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»

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