oxalantin

English edit

Etymology edit

Near-anagram of alloxantin.

Noun edit

oxalantin (uncountable)

(organic chemistry) A nitrogenous substance, C₆H₄N₄O₅, obtained by the reduction of parabanic acid.

Synonyms edit

leucoturic acid

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “oxalantin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)