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purine

NOUN
  1. a colorless crystalline organic base containing nitrogen; the parent compound of various biologically important substances
  2. any of several bases that are derivatives of purine

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  • Adenosine deaminase is an aminohydrolase that converts adenosine to inosine and is thus involved in the catabolism of purine bases.
  • I would like to digress at this point, to describe another use for allopruinol which materialized about 10 years later, because it typifies the kind of chemotherapeutic selectivity which can be achieved with purine analogs as the result of differences in the specificties of parasitic and mammalian enzymes. Nobel Lecture The Purine Path To Chemotherapy
  • The ten Light emanations purines a n d cytosine which is a are necessary to preserve the cor - pyrimidine. Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • The next regimen they would try would be a combination of all four drugs: vincristine, amethopterin, mercaptopurine, and prednisone. The Emperor of All Maladies
  • In an attempt to shed light on this matter, we have studied the intrinsic fluorescence properties of the purine and pyrimidine nucleosides dA, dG, dT, and dC in organic solvents in the presence of small amounts of water.
  • All these foods contain high levels of purine, which the body metabolises into uric acid - hence gout.
  • Scientists have long known that gout develops when joints become fouled with crystals of uric acid, which is a natural digestion product of purine.
  • Side effects included pancreatitis and shingles that resulted in discontinuation of 5-acetylsalicylic acid, leukopenia corrected by withholding 6-mercaptopurine and self-resolved hepatitis. IBD clinical studies: drug comparisons
  • Increased dosing requirements for 6-mercaptopurine and azathioprine in inflammatory bowel disease patients six years and younger. Recent Publications
  • Other studies have demonstrated that azathioprine, which is in the thiopurine class, can increase the photosensitization of human skin. Undefined
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