https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.N04253
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').See also:
nucleic acids