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Allopurinol is administered to treat gout.

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Allopurinol is administered to treat gout.

(a) True

(b) False

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Query is from Clinical Significance of 5′ topic in portion Clinical Enzymology of Enzyme Technology

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Right choice is (a) True

For explanation I would say: Allopurinol inhibits xanthine oxidase and hence can be administered to treat gout. When xanthine oxidase is inhibited the excreted product of purine metabolism is hypoxanthine, which I more soluble and less likely to from crystalline deposit. Hence the statement is true.

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