Pyrazinecarboxylic Acid is a very potent urate retaining drug. Pyrazinecarboxylic Acid is a metabolite of the antibacterial agent Pyrazinamide (P840600).
The parent compound of the class of pyrazinecarboxylic acids, that is pyrazine bearing a single carboxy substituent. The active metabolite of the antitubercular drug pyrazinamide.
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