Medical Conditions Terminology in Category U

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Undecylenic Acid

Salts and derivatives of undecylenic acid.

Unsaturated Fatty Acids

FATTY ACIDS in which the carbon chain contains one or more double or triple carbon-carbon bonds.

U-Plasminogen Activator

A proteolytic enzyme that converts plasminogen to plasmin where the preferential cleavage is between arginine and valine. It was isolated originally from human urine, but is found in most tissues of most vertebrates. EC 3.4.21.73.

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Uralenic Acid

3-beta-Hydroxy-11-oxoolean-12-en-30-oic acid. A product from Glycyrrhiza glabra L. Leguminosae with some antiallergic, antibacterial, and antiviral properties. It is used topically for allergic or infectious skin inflammation and orally for its aldosterone effects in electrolyte regulation.

Uridine Diphosphoglucuronic Acid

A nucleoside diphosphate sugar which serves as a source of glucuronic acid for polysaccharide biosynthesis. It may also be epimerized to UDP iduronic acid, which donates iduronic acid to polysaccharides. In animals, UDP glucuronic acid is used for formation of many glucosiduronides with various aglycones.

Urinary Anti-Infective Agents

Substances capable of killing agents causing urinary tract infections or of preventing them from spreading.

Urinary Plasminogen Activator

A proteolytic enzyme that converts plasminogen to plasmin where the preferential cleavage is between arginine and valine. It was isolated originally from human urine, but is found in most tissues of most vertebrates. EC 3.4.21.73.

Urine Concentrating Ability

The ability of the kidney to excrete in the urine high concentrations of solutes from the blood plasma.

Urocanic Acid

4-Imidazoleacrylic acid.

Urogenital Abnormality

Congenital structural abnormalities of the urogenital system.