adenosine

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /əˈdɛnə(ʊ)siːn/
• (America) IPA: /əˈdɛnəˌsin/, /əˈdɛnəsən/

Noun

adenosine (plural adenosines)

1. (biochemistry, genetics, organic compound) A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue. [from 20th c.]
   • 2001, Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford, p. 82:

     Caffeine acts as an antagonist at receptors in the brain for one of the chemical messengers called adenosine.

   • 2017, Matthew Walker (scientist), Why We Sleep, Penguin 2018, p. 27:

     Think of adenosine as a chemical barometer that continuously registers the amount of elapsed time since you woke up this morning.

Translations

• Italian: adenosina
• Portuguese: adenosina
• Spanish: adenosina

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