crystaline base, 1885, coined by German physiologist/chemist Albrecht Kossel (1853-1927) from Greek aden "gland" (see inguinal) + chemical suffix -ine (2). So called because it was derived from the pancreas of an ox.
权威例句
1. There are just four kinds: adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine.
只有4种: 腺嘌呤 、 胸腺嘧啶 、 鸟嘌呤和胞核嘧啶.
2. The specific antigen of autoantibody might be human myocardium adenine nucleotide translocator.
该抗体的特异性抗原可能为人心肌线粒体腺苷酸转位酶.
3. Adenine A nitrogenous base ( 6 - amino - purine ) found in DNA and RNA.
腺嘌呤:在DNA和RNA中发现的含氮的碱基 ( 6 - 氨基嘌呤 ).
4. Uracil -- a pyrimidine found in RNA that base - pares with adenine.
尿嘧啶 -- 核糖核酸中的一种嘧啶,与腺嘌呤形成碱基对.
5. Adenine refers to a portion of the molecule, nitrogenous base.