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Descriptor English: Biuret Reaction
Descriptor Spanish: Reacción de Biuret
Descriptor reacción de Biuret
Scope note: Reacción que se caracteriza por un color violeta tras la adición de sulfato de cobre a todos los componentes que tengan dos enlaces peptídicos unidos directamente o a través de un átomo de carbono intermedio. Se usa en la detección y estimación de las proteínas y péptidos que tienen más de dos aminoácidos.
Descriptor Portuguese: Reação de Biureto
Descriptor French: Réaction Biuret
Entry term(s): Biuret Reactions
Reaction, Biuret
Reactions, Biuret
Tree number(s): E05.196.085
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001738
Scope note: A reaction characterized by a violet color upon the addition of copper sulfate to all compounds with two amide or peptide bonds linked directly or through an intermediate carbon atom. Used in the detection and estimation of proteins and peptides having more than two amino acids.
Annotation: do not confuse with BIURET: biuret reaction or method no longer uses BIURET as signif reagent
Allowable Qualifiers: CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MT methods
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL 1975-90
History Note: 91(75); was see under CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL 1975-90
DeCS ID: 1763
Unique ID: D001738
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Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1974/12/12
Revision Date: 2002/07/02
Biuret Reaction - Preferred
Concept UI M0002622
Scope note A reaction characterized by a violet color upon the addition of copper sulfate to all compounds with two amide or peptide bonds linked directly or through an intermediate carbon atom. Used in the detection and estimation of proteins and peptides having more than two amino acids.
Preferred term Biuret Reaction
Entry term(s) Biuret Reactions
Reaction, Biuret
Reactions, Biuret



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