Allantoin
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IUPAC name
N-(2,5-Dioxoimidazolidin-4-yl)urea
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1-(2,5-Dioxoimidazolidin-4-yl)urea
Glyoxyldiureide 5-Ureidohydantoin | |
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C4H6N4O3 | |
Molar mass | 158.117 g·mol−1 |
Appearance | colourless crystalline powder |
Odor | odorless |
Density | 1.45 g/cm3 |
Melting point | 230 °C (446 °F; 503 K) (decomposes) |
Boiling point | 478 °C (892 °F; 751 K) [dubious ] |
0.57 g/100 mL (25 °C) 4.0 g/100 mL (75 °C) | |
Solubility | soluble in ethyl ether
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log P | −3.14 |
Acidity (pKa) | 8.48 |
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> 5000 mg/kg (oral, rat) |
Safety data sheet (SDS) | Allantoin MSDS |
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Allantoin is a chemical compound with formula C4H6N4O3. It is also called 5-ureidohydantoin or glyoxyldiureide.).
History
Allantoin was first isolated in 1800 by the Italian physician Michele Francesco Buniva (1761–1834) and the French chemist Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, who mistakenly believed it to be present in the amniotic fluid.[7] In 1821, the French chemist Jean Louis Lassaigne found it in the fluid of the allantois; he called it "l'acide allantoique".[8] In 1837, the German chemists Friedrich Wöhler and Justus Liebig synthesized it from uric acid and renamed it "allantoïn".[9]
Animals
Named after the
Allantoin has been shown to improve insulin resistance when administered to rats and to increase lifespan when administered to the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans.[12][13]
Bacteria
In bacteria, purines and their derivatives (such as allantoin) are used as secondary sources of nitrogen under nutrient-limiting conditions. Their degradation yields ammonia, which can then be utilized.[14] For instance, Bacillus subtilis is able to utilize allantoin as its sole nitrogen source.[15]
Mutants in the B. subtilis pucI gene were unable to grow on allantoin, indicating that it encodes an allantoin transporter.[16]
In
Applications
Allantoin is present in botanical
Cosmetics
Manufacturers may use allantoin as an ingredient in over-the-counter cosmetics.[citation needed]
Pharmaceuticals
It is frequently present in toothpaste, mouthwash, and other oral hygiene products, in shampoos, lipsticks, anti-acne products, sun care products, and clarifying lotions, various cosmetic lotions and creams, and other cosmetic and pharmaceutical products.[19]
Biomarker of oxidative stress
Since uric acid is the end product of the purine metabolism in humans, only non-enzymatic processes with reactive oxygen species will give rise to allantoin, which is thus a suitable biomarker to measure oxidative stress in chronic illnesses and senescence.[20][21]
See also
- Imidazolidinyl urea and diazolidinyl urea, are antimicrobial condensation products of allantoin with formaldehyde.
References
- ^ "Allantoin".
- ^ "CAS # 97-59-6, Allantoin, 5-Ureidohydantoin, Glyoxyldiureide, Glyoxylic diureide, Cordianine, Glyoxyldiureid, (2,5-Dioxo-4-imidazolidinyl)urea".
- PMID 8795700.
- PMID 10986234.
- PMID 18649082.
- S2CID 235729616.
- ^ See:
- Buniva and Vauquelin (1800) "Sur l'eau de l'amnios de femme et de vache" (On the amniotic fluid of women and cows), Annales de chimie, 33 : 269-282.
- See also: Leopold Gmelin with Henry Watts, trans., Hand-book of Chemistry (London, England: The Cavendish Society, 1856), vol. 10, p. 260.
- ^ Lassaigne (1821) "Nouvelles recherches sur la composition les eaux de l'allantoïde et de l'amnios de la vache" (New investigations into the composition of the allantoic and amniotic fluids of the cow), Annales de chimie et de physique, 2nd series, 17 : 295-305. On pp. 300 ff, Lassaigne names and characterizes "l'acide allantoique" (allantoic acid).
- ^ See:
- Liebig and Wöhler (1837) "Ueber die Natur der Harnsäure" (On the nature of uric acid), Annalen der Physik und Chemie, 41 (8) : 561-569. Allantoin is named on p. 563. From p. 563: "Sie sind Allantoïssäure, oder dieselbe Substance, die man in der Allantoïsflussigkeit der Kühe gefunden hat; wir werden sie von nun an Allantoïn nennen." (They [i.e., the crystals previously isolated] are allantois acid, or the same substance that one found in the allantois fluid of cows; we will call it "allantoin" from now on.)
- Reprinted in: F. Wöhler and J. Liebig (1838) "Untersuchungen über die Natur der Harnsäure" (Investigations into the nature of uric acid), Annalen der Pharmacie, 26 : 241-340.
- ^ Young E. G.; Wentworth H. P.; Hawkins W. W. (1944). "The absorption and excretion of allantoin in mammals". J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 81 (1): 1–9.
- PMID 7492331.
- S2CID 207127849.
- PMID 26676933.
- PMID 26967546.
- PMID 18302748.
- PMID 11344136.
- S2CID 216898.
- ^ Patent Lens search[permanent dead link]
- PMID 16029681.
- S2CID 6420729.
- PMID 14967170.
External links
- E. coli Allantoinase (AllB) in Uniprot (P77671)
- GMD MS Spectrum