Pharmacologic Substance
inosine Audio
in·o·sine
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Definitions related to inosine:
  • 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. (Dorland, 28th ed)
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Purine nucleoside that has hypoxanthine linked by the N9 nitrogen to the C1 carbon of ribose; an intermediate in the degradation of purines and purine nucleosides to uric acid and in pathways of purine salvage; also occurs in the anticodon of certain transfer RNA molecules.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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