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
Word origin
C19: from German Purin; see pure, uric, -ine2
Examples of 'purine base' in a sentence
purine base
The above mentioned material has a potential for utilization as animal food and purine base source.
Dayse Soave Spoladore, João Paulo Feijão Teixeira, Roberto Machado de Moraes, MarcoAntonio Teixeira Zullo 1983, 'Composição química de amêndoas fermentadas de cacau Chemical, composition of fermentedcacao beans', Bragantiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0006-87051983000100024. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The desired isonucleoside was obtained by constructing a purine base moiety on the scaffold, followed by amination.
Yuichi Yoshimura, Satoshi Kobayashi, Hitomi Kaneko, Takeshi Suzuki, Tomozumi Imamichi 2015, 'Construction of an Isonucleoside on a 2,6-Dioxobicyclo[3.2.0]-heptane Skeleton',Moleculeshttp://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/20/3/4623. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)