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Purine

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Noun

1. purine

any of several bases that are derivatives of purine

2. purine

a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Purine

see synonyms of purine
noun
1. 
a colourless crystalline solid that can be prepared from uric acid. Formula: C5H4N4
2. Also called: purine base
any of a number of nitrogenous bases, such as guanine and adenine, that are derivatives of purine and constituents of nucleic acids and certain coenzymes

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Purine

see synonyms of purine
noun
1. 
a colorless, crystalline organic compound, C5H4N4, the parent substance of the uric-acid group of compounds
2. 
any of several basic substances produced by the decomposition of nucleoproteins and having a purine-type molecule, as caffeine, adenine, or guanine

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Purine

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n.
1. A double-ringed, crystalline organic base, C5H4N4, that is the parent compound of a large group of biologically important compounds.
2. Any of a group of substituted derivatives of purine, including the nitrogen bases adenine and guanine, which are components of nucleic acids. Uric acid, caffeine, theobromine, and theophylline are also purines.

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