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xanthosine

xanthosine noun: a nucleoside derived from xanthine and ribose.

Noun

xanthosine (usually uncountable, plural xanthosines)

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

Forms of xanthosine

pluralxanthosines

Questions about xanthosine

What does xanthosine mean?
Xanthosine means a nucleoside derived from xanthine and ribose.
What part of speech is xanthosine?
Xanthosine is a noun.
What is the plural of xanthosine?
The plural of xanthosine is xanthosines.

Words near xanthosine in the dictionary

  1. Xanthos
  2. xanthose
  3. xanthoses
  4. xanthosiderite
  5. xanthosiderites
  6. xanthosine
  7. xanthosines
  8. xanthosinyl
  9. xanthosis
  10. xanthosome
  11. xanthosomes

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