Organic compound of carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen highly soluble in
water.
In mammals, urea is also a waste product of digested protein normally filtered
out by the kidneys and excreted from the body in urine.
The main commercial use of urea is as a fertilizer but it has many other
industrial uses. For instance, it can serve as the raw material for the
manufacture of other chemicals, and as an ingredient in cosmetics.
