Uracil is one of the four nucleobases in the nucleic acid RNA.
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15 Facts About Uracil
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Uracil can be synthesized by a double decomposition of thiouracil in aqueous chloroacetic acid.
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Uracil readily undergoes regular reactions including oxidation, nitration, and alkylation.
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Uracil has the capability to react with elemental halogens because of the presence of more than one strongly electron donating group.
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Uracil readily undergoes addition to ribose sugars and phosphates to partake in synthesis and further reactions in the body.
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Uracil becomes uridine, uridine monophosphate, uridine diphosphate, uridine triphosphate, and uridine diphosphate glucose .
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Uracil serves as allosteric regulator and coenzyme for reactions in animals and in plants.
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Uracil is involved in the biosynthesis of polysaccharides and the transportation of sugars containing aldehydes.
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Uracil is important for the detoxification of many carcinogens, for instance those found in tobacco smoke.
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Uracil is required to detoxify many drugs such as cannabinoids and morphine .
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Uracil can be used for drug delivery and as a pharmaceutical.
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Uracil can be used to determine microbial contamination of tomatoes.
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Uracil derivatives containing a diazine ring are used in pesticides.
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Uracil derivatives are more often used as antiphotosynthetic herbicides, destroying weeds in cotton, sugar beet, turnips, soya, peas, sunflower crops, vineyards, berry plantations, and orchards.
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