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Adenosine vs Deoxyadenosine - What's the difference?

adenosine | deoxyadenosine |

As nouns the difference between adenosine and deoxyadenosine

is that adenosine is a nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue while deoxyadenosine is a deoxyribonucleoside related to adenosine.

adenosine

English

(wikipedia adenosine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (biochemistry, genetics, organic compound, uncountable) A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue.
  • * 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 .
  • (countable, chemistry) An instance of adenosine .
    • This reaction will replace all the adenosines with isosines.

    Derived terms

    * adenosine monophosphate (AMP) * adenosine diphosphate (ADP) * adenosine triphosphate (ATP)

    deoxyadenosine

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia deoxyadenosine)
  • (biochemistry) A deoxyribonucleoside related to adenosine