Uric Acid: Detection, Applications and Role in Health and Disease

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Mary Newman (Editor)

Series: Nephrology Research and Clinical Developments
BISAC: MED055000

Uric acid (UA) is an end-product of purine derivatives in human metabolism. Without further metabolism, it is excreted by kidneys and intestinal tract. Its serum concentration is controlled by the balance between production and excretion. High concentration of UA in human body has been discovered to be associated with various diseases, such as gout, hyperuricaemia, Lesch-Nyan disease, obesity, diabetes, high cholesterol, hypertension, kidney disease and heart disease. This book discusses the detection, applications and role in health and disease of uric acid. (Imprint: Nova Biomedical)

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. Recent Progress on Electrochemical Detection of Uric Acid
Yuhong Zheng and Li Fu (Institute of Botany, Jiangsu Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing Botanical Garden, Mem. Sun Yat-Sen, Nanjing, China, and others)

Chapter 2. Uric Acid and Heart Failure
Adriana Ilieºiu (Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, “Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, “Theodor Burghele” Clinical Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Bucharest, Romania)

Chapter 3. Serum Uric Acid in Acute Heart Failure Syndromes
Alexandru Campeanu, Adriana Iliesiu, Madalina Ababei, and Tiberiu Nanea (“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, “Theodor Burghele” Clinical Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Bucharest, Romania)

Chapter 4. Effect of Allopurinol on Serum Uric Acid, Endothelial Function and Platelet Aggregation in Patients with Arterial Hypertension
Andreea Simona Hodorogea, Alexandru Câmpeanu, Adriana Mihaela Ilieșiu, Gabriela Silvia Gheorghe, Valentina Uscãtescu, Irina Parvu, Ioan Tiberiu Nanea (“Carol Davila” University of Medicine and Pharmacy, “Theodor Burghele” Clinical Hospital, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Bucharest, Romania, and others)

Chapter 5. Tumor Lysis Syndrome
Peter L. Platteborze (Department of Criminology, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, TX, USA)

Chapter 6. Circulating Uric Acid Does not Mandatorily Decrease when Lipid Handling is Improved: the Case of Polyphenol-treated Obese Zucker Rats
Christian Carpéné, Marta Llarena, Luis Aldámiz-Echevarría, Fernando Andrade, Pauline Decaunes, and Elizabeth Hijona (Institut des Maladies Métaboliques et Cardiovasculaires, and Univ. of Toulouse, Toulouse, France, and others)

Index

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