English word thioguanosine comes from English thio-, English guanosine
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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thio- | English (eng) | (chemistry) containing sulfur / sulphur, especially a compound in which oxygen has been replaced by this element. |
guanosine | English (eng) | (biochemistry, genetics, organic compound) A nucleoside derived from guanine and ribose. |
thioguanosine | English (eng) | (organic compound) The compound 2-amino-6-mercapto-9-(b-D-ribofuranosyl)purine formally derived from guanosine by eplacing the guanine by thioguanine. |