Uric acid metabolism

This medical flow chart sample shows uric acid metabolism. It was drawn on the base of Wikimedia Commons file: Metabolisme acid uric.png. [commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Metabolisme_acid_uric.png] This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. [creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en] "Hyperuricemia is an abnormally high level of uric acid in the blood. In the pH conditions of body fluid, uric acid exists largely as urate, the ion form. The amount of urate in the body depends on the balance between the amount of purines eaten in food, the amount of urate synthesised within the body (e.g., through cell turnover), and the amount of urate that is excreted in urine or through the gastrointestinal tract." [Hyperuricemia. Wikipedia] The medical flowchart example "Uric acid metabolism" was designed using ConceptDraw PRO software extended with Healthcare Workflow Diagrams solution from Business Processes area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.