Usually means: Bases adenine and guanine components.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (purine)

▸ noun:  (organic chemistry) Any of a class of organic heterocyclic compounds, composed of fused pyrimidine and imidazole rings, that constitute one of the two groups of organic nitrogenous bases (the other being the pyrimidines) and are components of nucleic acids.

Similar:
pyridopyrimidine, ethylpyrimidine, pyrimidone, pyrimidopyrimidine, dipyrimidine, pyrimidinone, pyridine, pyrimidine, imidazopyrimidine, pyrimidoindole, more...

Opposite:
pyrimidine, antiparallel

Types:
adenine, guanine, hypoxanthine, xanthine, uracil, thymine, more...

Phrases:
purine bases, purine nucleotides, purine biosynthesis, purine base, purine analogue, more...

Adjectives:
amino, other, free, low, oxy, dietary, different, preformed, natural, various, total

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Similar:
pyridopyrimidine, ethylpyrimidine, pyrimidone, pyrimidopyrimidine, dipyrimidine, pyrimidinone, pyridine, pyrimidine, imidazopyrimidine, pyrimidoindole, more...

Opposite:
pyrimidine, antiparallel

Types:
adenine, guanine, hypoxanthine, xanthine, uracil, thymine, more...

Phrases:
purine bases, purine nucleotides, purine biosynthesis, purine base, purine analogue, low purine diet, purine free diet, purine nucleoside phosphorylase, purine b's, purine bs, a purine, Purine metabolism, more...

Adjectives:
amino, other, free, low, oxy, dietary, different, preformed, natural, various, total



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