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Urea vs Hydantoin - What's the difference?

urea | hydantoin |

As nouns the difference between urea and hydantoin

is that urea is a water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH2)2, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine while hydantoin is the heterocycle imidazolidine-2,4-dione derived from urea and glycolic acid; any of its many derivatives.

urea

English

(wikipedia urea)

Noun

  • (biochemistry, uncountable) A water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH2)2, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine.
  • (chemistry, countable) Any N -substituted derivative of urea, with the general formula (R1R2N)CO(NR3R4).

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    See also

    * biuret

    hydantoin

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia hydantoin) (en noun)
  • (organic compound) The heterocycle imidazolidine-2,4-dione derived from urea and glycolic acid; any of its many derivatives