Adenosine Definition

ə-dĕnə-sēn
noun
A nucleoside, C10 H13 N5 O4 , composed of adenine linked to ribose, that is a structural component of nucleic acids and the major molecular component of ADP, AMP, and ATP.
American Heritage
A white, odorless, crystalline powder, C5H4N5C5H9O4, obtained from the hydrolysis of yeast nucleic acid: it is a nucleoside consisting of adenine and ribose.
Webster's New World
A nucleoside, C10 H13 N5 O4 , that is composed of adenine linked to ribose, is a component of nucleic acids and of ADP, AMP, and ATP, and plays a role in regulating various physiological functions.
American Heritage Medicine

(biochemistry, genetics, organic chemistry, uncountable) A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue.

Wiktionary
(countable, chemistry) An instance of adenosine.
This reaction will replace all the adenosines with isosines.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Adenosine

Noun

Singular:
adenosine
Plural:
adenosines

Origin of Adenosine

  • Blend of adenine and ribose.

    From Wiktionary

  • Blend of adenine ribose

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Adenosine Sentence Examples

  • She had been born with a defective version of the gene that normally makes the essential enzyme adenosine deaminase (ADA ).

  • This special carrier of energy is the molecule adenosine triphosphate, or ATP.

  • These are the bases adenosine and guanosine (A and G respectively ).

  • They convert energy from food into chemical energy called adenosine triphosphate, or ATP.

  • Although widely used, it does not include digoxin and adenosine, which both have useful anti-arrhythmic actions.

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Words Starting With

AADADE

Words Ending With

ENEINE

Unscrambles

adenosine

Words Starting With A and Ending With E

Starts With A & Ends With EStarts With AD & Ends With EStarts With A & Ends With NE

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With A9 Letter Words Ending With E