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Pyrimidine vs Glycosine - What's the difference?

pyrimidine | glycosine |

In organic compound terms the difference between pyrimidine and glycosine

is that pyrimidine is a diazine in which the two nitrogen atoms are in the meta- positions; it is the basis of three of the bases found in DNA and RNA, thymine, uracil and cytosine while glycosine is the organic compound 1-methyl-2-(phenylmethyl)-4(1H)-quinazolinone (a fused derivative of pyrimidine) found in the toothbrush plant, Glycosmis pentaphylla, sometimes used to ease the pain of arthritis.

pyrimidine

English

Noun

(wikipedia pyrimidine) (en noun)
  • (organic compound) A diazine in which the two nitrogen atoms are in the meta- positions; it is the basis of three of the bases found in DNA and RNA, thymine, uracil and cytosine

    • glycosine

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (obsolete, organic compound) An organic base, C6H6N4, produced by the action of ammonia on glyoxal.
  • (organic compound) The organic compound 1-methyl-2-(phenylmethyl)-4(1H)-quinazolinone'' (a fused derivative of pyrimidine) found in the toothbrush plant, ''Glycosmis pentaphylla , sometimes used to ease the pain of arthritis
    • (Webster 1913)