different between ribose vs xanthosine

English

From German Ribose, formed from Ribonsäure, the first element of which comes from a rearrangement of English arabinose.

ribose (plural riboses)

(biochemistry) A naturally occurring pentose sugar, which is a component of the nucleosides and nucleotides that constitute the nucleic acid biopolymer, RNA. It is also found in riboflavin.

ribose f (usually uncountable, plural riboses)

xanthosine (usually uncountable, plural xanthosines)

(organic chemistry) A nucleoside derived from xanthine and ribose.
- 2010, Bertil B. Fredholm, Methylxanthines
  Xanthosine, the initial substrate of purine alkaloid synthesis, is supplied by at least four different pathways […]

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