Uric acid: Uric acid is a chemical compound with the molecular formula C5H4O3N4. It is a molecule almost insoluble in water resulting from the degradation and excretion of purines (mainly guanine and adenine) in humans and higher primates, which no longer possess the enzyme (uricase ) leading to allantoin present in most other mammals.
In birds and reptiles, which for the most part do not have a bladder, uric acid is also the product...
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