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International Unit (UI, IU) is a unit in the category of Enzymatic activity. It is also known as international units. This unit is commonly used in the EUR. unit system. International Unit (UI, IU) has a dimension of T^-1N where T is time, and N is amount of substance. It can be converted to the corresponding standard SI unit mol/s by multiplying its value by a factor of 1.666666667E-008.

Note that the seven base dimensions are M (Mass), L (Length), T (Time), Q (Temperature), N (Aamount of Substance), I (Electric Current), and J (Luminous Intensity).

Other units in the category of Enzymatic activity include Katal (kat), and Mole Per Second (mol/s).