hypoxanthine /hy·po·xan·thine/ (-zan´thēn) a purine base formed as an intermediate in the degradation of purines and purine nucleosides to uric acid and in the salvage of free purines. Complexed with ribose it is inosine.
hypoxanthine (hī´pōzan´thēn),
hy·po·xan·thine (h  p -z n th n)n. A purine present in muscle and other tissues, formed during uric acid synthesis. |
hypoxanthine (hī´pōzan´thēn),
n a purine present in the muscles and other tissues, formed during purine catabolism by deamination of adenine.
hypoxanthine
an intermediate product of uric acid synthesis, formed from adenylic acid and itself a precursor of xanthine.
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