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Urea vs Urate - What's the difference?

urea | urate |

As nouns the difference between urea and urate

is that urea is a water-soluble organic compound, CO(NH2)2, formed by the metabolism of proteins and excreted in the urine while urate is any salt of uric acid.

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

    urate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) Any salt of uric acid.
    • The deposition of urate crystals in the joints leads to gout.