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Descriptor English: Purines
Descriptor Spanish: Purinas
Descriptor purinas
Scope note: Serie de compuestos heterocíclicos, sustituídos de diversas maneras en la naturaleza, que se conocen como bases púricas. Incluyen la ADENINA y la GUANINA, constituyentes de los ácidos nucleicos, así como muchos alcaloides tales como la CAFEINA y la TEOFILINA. El ácido úrico es el producto final del metabolismo de las purinas.
Descriptor Portuguese: Purinas
Descriptor French: Purines
Tree number(s): D03.633.100.759
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011687
Scope note: A series of heterocyclic compounds that are variously substituted in nature and are known also as purine bases. They include ADENINE and GUANINE, constituents of nucleic acids, as well as many alkaloids such as CAFFEINE and THEOPHYLLINE. Uric acid is the metabolic end product of purine metabolism.
Allowable Qualifiers: AD administration & dosage
AE adverse effects
AG agonists
AI antagonists & inhibitors
AN analysis
BI biosynthesis
BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CH chemistry
CL classification
CS chemical synthesis
EC economics
HI history
IM immunology
IP isolation & purification
ME metabolism
PD pharmacology
PK pharmacokinetics
PO poisoning
RE radiation effects
SD supply & distribution
ST standards
TO toxicity
TU therapeutic use
UR urine
DeCS ID: 12123
Unique ID: D011687
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/05/31
Purines - Preferred
Concept UI M0018169
Scope note A series of heterocyclic compounds that are variously substituted in nature and are known also as purine bases. They include ADENINE and GUANINE, constituents of nucleic acids, as well as many alkaloids such as CAFFEINE and THEOPHYLLINE. Uric acid is the metabolic end product of purine metabolism.
Preferred term Purines



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