allantoin

English

Chemical structure of allantoin

Etymology

From allant- +‎ -in; this substance concentrates in the allantois during development in most mammals.

Noun

allantoin (countable and uncountable, plural allantoins)

1. (biochemistry) A diureide of glyoxylic acid, used in various pharmaceutical and cosmetic products; or a derivative of this compound

Derived terms

• allantoinase

Translations

a diureide of glyoxylic acid

• Catalan: al·lantoïna f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 尿囊素 (zh) (niàonángsù)

• Finnish: allantoiini
• French: allantoïne (fr) f
• Kazakh: аллантоин (allantoin)
• Kyrgyz: аллантоин (allantoin)
• Portuguese: alantoína f
• Spanish: alantoína (es) f

See also

• allantoin on Wikipedia.Wikipedia