Ribosyl or deoxyribosyl derivatives (rarely, other glycosyl
derivatives) of certain
pyrimidine or
purine bases.
They are thus
glycosylamines
or N-
glycosides
related to
nucleotides by the lack of
phosphorylation. It has also become customary to include among
nucleosides analogous substances in which the
glycosyl group is
attached to carbon rather than nitrogen ('
C-nucleosides').
Source:
PAC, 1995, 67, 1307
(Glossary of class names of organic compounds and reactivity intermediates based on structure (IUPAC Recommendations 1995))
on page 1352
See also:
White Book, p. 110
PAC, 1992, 64, 143
(Glossary for chemists of terms used in biotechnology (IUPAC Recommendations 1992))
on page 161
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
doi:10.1351/goldbook.
