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sulfinosine

sulfinosine noun: the sulfinamide derivative 2-amino-9-[(2R,3R,4S,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]purine-6-sulfinamide that is a purine nucleoside analog.

Noun

sulfinosine (uncountable)

  1. The sulfinamide derivative 2-amino-9-[(2R,3R,4S,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]purine-6-sulfinamide that is a purine nucleoside analog

Questions about sulfinosine

What does sulfinosine mean?
Sulfinosine means the sulfinamide derivative 2-amino-9-[(2R,3R,4S,5R)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-(hydroxymethyl)oxolan-2-yl]purine-6-sulfinamide that is a purine nucleoside analog.
What part of speech is sulfinosine?
Sulfinosine is a noun.

Words near sulfinosine in the dictionary

  1. sulfinic acids
  2. sulfinic anhydride
  3. sulfinic anhydrides
  4. sulfinimine
  5. sulfinimines
  6. sulfinosine
  7. sulfinpyrazone
  8. sulfinpyrazones
  9. sulfinyl
  10. sulfinylamine
  11. sulfinylamines

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