These are waste products or metabolites of nucleoproteins. They are not recycleable and are broken down further to the primary excretable form, uric acid. High purine presence in a tissue signifies a recent high turnover in nucleoproteins from injury or cell death, which is why some purines, such as allantoin, will stimulate cell regeneration. Many plants contain allantoin, most noticeably Comfrey. Some foods are heavy purine producers and can elevate serum uric acid levels. These include organ meats, seafood, legumes, and foods such as spirulina, chlorella, and bee pollen. Also: Purine

	Gout / Hyperuricemia The Condition "...Uric acid is a product of the chemical breakdown of the purine bases that compose the genetic material, DNA..." Increased Folic Acid Requirement The Condition "...Actually, the anemia that results from folic acid deficiency comes from the lack of THFA and decreased synthesis of the purines and pyrimidines that make up the DNA..." Low Purine Diet As A Treatment "...Purines are compounds mainly found in animal protein and are metabolized to uric acid in the body..." Metabolic Diet Type The Condition "...Some are high in fat and high in purines, others low..." Molybdenum As A Treatment "...Xanthine oxidase helps in the production of uric acid, an end product of protein (purine) metabolism..." Uric Acid Related Topic "...Unlike the much smaller nitrogenous waste product urea, which is mostly recycled to form many amino acids, uric acid is an unrecycleable metabolite that must be excreted: nucleoprotein to purine to uric acid to the outside in the urine or the sweat..."

Last updated: Oct 08, 2008