Chemicals and Drugs

Nucleosides

Purine or pyrimidine bases attached to a ribose or deoxyribose. (From King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed)

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Abstract

Purine or pyrimidine bases attached to a ribose or deoxyribose. (From King & Stansfield, A Dictionary of Genetics, 4th ed)

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5 entry terms
  • Nucleoside
  • Nucleoside Analog
  • Nucleoside Analogs
  • Analog, Nucleoside
  • Analogs, Nucleoside

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31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, agonists, analogs & derivatives, analysis, antagonists & inhibitors, biosynthesis, blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, deficiency, drug effects, economics, genetics, history, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, physiology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity, ultrastructure, urine.

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Indexing Annotation

nucleoside phosphates = NUCLEOTIDES

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  1. D09w.408w.595w
  2. D13.570w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Nucleosides. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D009705. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D009705
  2. Nucleosides. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleoside
  3. Nucleosides. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28734