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murexan

murexan


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Murexan  \Mu*rex"an\,  n.  [From  {Murexide}.]  (Chem.) 
  A  complex  nitrogenous  substance  obtained  from  murexide, 
  alloxantin,  and  other  ureids,  as  a  white,  or  yellowish, 
  crystalline  which  turns  red  on  exposure  to  the  air;  --  called 
  also  {uramil},  {dialuramide},  and  formerly  {purpuric  acid}.