So far as is known today, uric acid serves no biochemical function in the body other than being an end product of purine metabolism. The metabolically important purines, adenine and guanine ...

Guanine is also a component of important biomolecules such as GTP (guanosine triphosphate), which is involved in cellular signaling and protein synthesis. In addition to their role in nucleic acids, ...

Purine nucleotides are essential for cell growth and function as they serve as nucleic acid building blocks, signaling molecules, and energy carriers. Treatments that inhibit their synthesis offer a ...

Forty % of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) babies have higher hypoxanthine (Hx) cone, in their vitreous humor than respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) babies (unpublished data). To investigate ...