beeturia
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Etymology
Noun
beeturia (uncountable)
- (medicine) The passing of red or pink urine after eating beetroot, caused by the excretion of betalain (betacyanin) pigments such as betanin.
- 1964, Biochemical journal, volume 90, page 673:
- Like other alkaloids, it is poorly absorbed, so that even after eating large amounts of beetroot, beeturia (the presence of betanin in the urine) is found in only 14 % of the normal population (Watson, Luke & Inall, 1963).
- 1967, J.B. Harborne, Comparative Biochemistry of the Flavonoids, page 294:
- The failure to metabolise betanin is controlled by genetic factors in man and beeturia (betanin in the urine) is found in approximately 14% of the population in this country (Watson, 1964).