Biologically Active Substance
adenosine Audio
a·den·o·sine [ uh-den-uh-seen, -sin ]
Brand Names:
Adenocard; Adenoscan
Effect:
Nodal Repolarization
May Treat:
Tachycardia, Atrioventricular Nodal Reentry; Tachycardia, Paroxysmal; Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome
More Information:
ChemID; DrugBank; DailyMed; PDR
Definitions related to adenosine:
  • A nucleoside that is composed of ADENINE and D-RIBOSE. Adenosine or adenosine derivatives play many important biological roles in addition to being components of DNA and RNA. Adenosine itself is a neurotransmitter.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • A ribonucleoside comprised of adenine bound to ribose, with vasodilatory, antiarrhythmic and analgesic activities. Phosphorylated forms of adenosine play roles in cellular energy transfer, signal transduction and the synthesis of RNA.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • Nucleoside that is composed of adenine and d-ribose; adenosine or adenosine derivatives play many important biological roles in addition to being components of DNA and RNA; adenosine itself is a neurotransmitter.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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