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  1. Fields of Study
  2. biochemical compounds
  3. nucleic acids, nucleosides and nucleotides
  4. nucleosides
  5. ribonucleosides
  6. inosine
  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. biochemical compounds
  3. nucleic acids, nucleosides and nucleotides
  4. nucleosides
  5. ribonucleosides
  6. inosine

Preferred term

inosine

Type

  • Chemical

Definition

  • Information A purine nucleoside that has hypoxanthine linked by the N9 nitrogen to the C1 carbon of ribose. It is an intermediate in the degradation of purines and purine nucleosides to uric acid and in pathways of purine salvage. It also occurs in the anticodon of certain transfer RNA molecules.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2018

    Type: Concept definition

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