Biuret

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Introduction

• Produced by deamination or urea by heating.

* 
*  O=C-NH2  ->  O=C-NH2 
*    |            | 
*    NH2         HN-C=O 
*                   | 
*                   NH2 
*

• Biuret is used in protein determinations.

More General Terms

• reagent

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999

biuret (carbamoyl urea)