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adenosine

English

Etymology

From German Adenosin, corresponding to aden(ine) + (rib)os(e) +? -ine.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /??d?n?(?)si?n/
  • (US) IPA(key): /??d?n??sin/, /??d?n?s?n/

Noun

adenosine (plural adenosines)

  1. (biochemistry, genetics, organic chemistry) A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue. [from 20th c.]
    • 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, p. 82:
      Caffeine acts as an antagonist at receptors in the brain for one of the chemical messengers called adenosine.
    • 2017, Matthew Walker, Why We Sleep, Penguin 2018, p. 27:
      Think of adenosine as a chemical barometer that continuously registers the amount of elapsed time since you woke up this morning.

Derived terms

  • adenoside
  • adenosine monophosphate (AMP)
  • adenosine diphosphate (ADP)
  • adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
  • deoxyadenosine
  • thioadenosine

Related terms

  • adenylate
  • adenylic acid

Translations

adenosine From the web:

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  • what adenosine used for
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deoxyadenosine

English

Etymology

deoxy- +? adenosine

Noun

deoxyadenosine (countable and uncountable, plural deoxyadenosines)

  1. (biochemistry) A deoxyribonucleoside related to adenosine

Translations

deoxyadenosine From the web:

  • what is deoxyadenosine triphosphate
  • what does deoxyadenosine methylase do
  • what is 5'-deoxyadenosine
  • is triphosphate bad for you
  • what is triphosphate
  • what is deoxynucleoside triphosphate
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