Urea
Urease UV Method
| REF | Volume |
|---|---|
| N/A | N/A |
Product description:
Urea is the most important degradation product of protein metabolism in humans, other mammals,
and certain other animal species. Urea, which is formed in the liver, composes the major
fraction of the organic substances present in urine. Urea can be identified and determined by
many methods. Of the quantitative methods, the colorimetric determination with urease is the
most successful one. The reaction with urease produces carbon dioxide and ammonia.
Blood urea concentrations can be increased by numerous factors linked to pre-renal causes
(increased protein catabolism, as in haemorrhage into gastrointestinal tract, shock, some
chronic liver diseases) or renal/post-renal causes (acute or chronic renal diseases, post renal
obstruction to urine flow). Uraemia is also increased by high protein diet, state of
dehydration, muscle wasting (as in starvation).The determination of urea rate is used together
with the determination of Creatinine rate (normal=10).
