Adenosine
WordNet
noun
(1) (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP
WiktionaryText
Noun
- A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue.
- 2001: Caffeine acts as an antagonist at receptors in the brain for one of the chemical messengers called adenosine. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 82)
- An instance of adenosine.
- This reaction will replace all the adenosines with isosines.