Uric acid

4 papers6 findings

C, W, M, H: cells, worms or flies, mice, humans. Dark: independent labs found the same change there. Light: one lab or one study. Outline: nothing yet.

Labs are independent when their papers share no last author and no institution.

Against: findings that point the other way from most findings on the same outcome.

No results posted: trials that ended more than a year ago with no results on ClinicalTrials.gov and no paper in ARN’s record.

Company ties: findings with an author at a company, or from a paper whose competing-interests statement declares ties to one.

2 independent labs in 2 countries

Funders: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and 3 more

Humans3
Model organisms1

Outcomes

Survival

upin R. speratus1

1 study

Uric acid improves survival in R. speratus.
Model organismsunder highly oxidative conditions
Uric acid, an important antioxidant contributing to survival in termites
PloS one13 Jun 2017

Resistance against ultraviolet-induced oxidative stress

upin R. speratus1

1 study

Uric acid increases resistance against ultraviolet-induced oxidative stress in R. speratus.
Model organismsagainst ultraviolet-induced oxidative stress
Uric acid, an important antioxidant contributing to survival in termites
PloS one13 Jun 2017

Free radical-scavenging activity

upin R. speratus1

1 study

Uric acid increases free radical-scavenging activity in R. speratus.
Model organismsin laboratory-maintained termites
Uric acid, an important antioxidant contributing to survival in termites
PloS one13 Jun 2017

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