adenosine
noun
°(biochemistry genetics) A nucleoside derived from adenine and ribose, found in striated muscle tissue.
"2001: Caffeine acts as an antagonist at receptors in the brain for one of the chemical messengers called adenosine. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 82)"
°(chemistry) An instance of adenosine.
"This reaction will replace all the adenosines with isosines."