Purine Definition

pyo͝orēn
noun
A colorless, crystalline organic compound, C5H4N4, the parent substance of the uric-acid group of compounds.
Webster's New World
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

Other Word Forms of Purine

Noun

Singular:
purine
Plural:
purines

Origin of Purine

  • German Purin blend of Latin pūrus clean pure and New Latin ūricus uric (from Greek ouron urine) -in -in, -ine

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

Purine Sentence Examples

  • It was not possible to define a clear response curve of PD excretion to purine absorption from that data set.

  • Man and other primates excrete uric acid as the final product of purine catabolism as the result of lacking uricase.

  • Methotrexate which interferes with purine metabolism was introduced almost 50 years ago.

  • The phosphorylation of purine nucleosides to form nucleotides by nucleoside kinase is an alternative pathway of purine salvage.

  • The usual choice for reducing uric acid levels is allopurinol, because it inhibits xanthine oxidase and can depress new purine synthesis.

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Words Starting With

PPUPUR

Words Ending With

ENEINE

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Words Starting With P and Ending With E

Starts With P & Ends With EStarts With PU & Ends With EStarts With P & Ends With NE

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With P6 Letter Words Ending With E