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Adenosine vs Polyadenosine - What's the difference?

adenosine | polyadenosine |

As nouns the difference between adenosine and polyadenosine

is that adenosine is adenosine while polyadenosine is a polymeric form of 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)

    polyadenosine

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A polymeric form of adenosine