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ALTHOUGH considerable amounts of uric acid have been demonstrated in the silkworm larva, Bombyx mori 1,2, very little is known about the intermediary purine metabolism in insects3–5. In the formation of uric acid it is the xanthine enzyme system which catalyses the oxidation of purine derivatives xanthine and hypoxanthine to the acid.
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HAYASHI, Y. Xanthine Dehydrogenase in the Silkworm, Bombyx mori L.. Nature 186, 1053–1054 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/1861053a0
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