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Postby MIA6 » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:31 am

What's the relationship between 'urea' and 'urine'? Is that much urea forms urine? Please tell me, thanks.
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Postby MrMistery » Mon Feb 05, 2007 11:14 am

Kidding right? Look up what urine is made of on wikipedia or google or anything...
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Postby RowaH » Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:55 pm

Urea, also known as uric acid, is a fundamental component of urine.
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Postby xand_3r » Tue Mar 06, 2007 2:16 pm

urea and uric acid are two very different things. Urea is a product of protein catabolism while uric acid is a product of nitrous bases catabolism. So different formulas different origin. Similar name.
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Postby Darby » Tue Mar 06, 2007 4:39 pm

Urea and uric acid can both be products of protein breakdown - whole groups of animals differ by which final product they excrete.
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