adenosine

From German Adenosin, corresponding to aden(ine) + (rib)os(e) +‎ -ine.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /əˈdɛnə(ʊ)siːn/
• (US) IPA^(key): /əˈdɛnəˌsin/, /əˈdɛnəsən/

adenosine (plural adenosines)

1. (biochemistry, genetics, organic chemistry) 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, 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.

• adenosine monophosphate (AMP)
• adenosine diphosphate (ADP)
• adenosine triphosphate (ATP)