adenosine
Appearance
See also: adénosine
English
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]From German Adenosin, corresponding to aden(ine) + (rib)os(e) + -ine.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /əˈdɛnə(ʊ)siːn/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /əˈdɛnəˌsin/, /əˈdɛnəsən/, /əˈdinəˌsin/
Noun
[edit]adenosine (plural adenosines)
- (biochemistry, genetics, organic chemistry) A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue. [from 20th c.]
- 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, page 82:
- Caffeine acts as an antagonist at receptors in the brain for one of the chemical messengers called adenosine.
- 2017, Matthew Walker, Why We Sleep, Penguin, published 2018, page 27:
- Think of adenosine as a chemical barometer that continuously registers the amount of elapsed time since you woke up this morning.
- 2017, BioWare, Mass Effect: Andromeda, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Hyperion:
- SAM: Readings confirmed. Based on the levels of adenosine in your system, the neural implant is functioning properly.
Derived terms
[edit]- adenoside
- adenosine diphosphate (ADP)
- adenosine monophosphate (AMP)
- adenosine phosphate
- adenosinergic
- adenosine triphosphate (ATP)
- adenosinic
- adenosyl
- aminoadenosine
- chloroadenosine
- cyclohexyladenosine
- deoxyadenosine
- desoxyadenosine
- diadenosine
- dideoxyadenosine
- methyladenosine
- oligoadenosine
- phenylisopropyladenosine
- phosphoribosyladenosine
- phosphorylated adenosine
- polyadenosine
- thioadenosine
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]nucleoside
|
Categories:
- English terms derived from German
- English terms suffixed with -ine
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Biochemistry
- en:Genetics
- en:Organic compounds
- English terms with quotations
- en:Pharmaceutical drugs