adenine

Mane (Îngilîzî)

A base, C₅H₅N₅, found in certain glands and tissues, which pairs with thymine in DNA and uracil in RNA.

Hevwate

A

A

vitamin B₄

6-aminopurine

Ade

vitamin B₄ amidopurine

adenina

Werger

adenina

Adenin

adenina

adénine

adenina

adenina

adenine

أدنين

adenin

αδενίνη

adenini

أديناين

Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin

/ˈæ.dəˌniːn/

Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

From German Adenin, from Ancient Greek ἀδήν (adḗn, “gland”). By surface analysis, aden- + -ine. It was named in 1885 by the German biochemist Albrecht Kossel, in reference to the pancreas (a specific gland) from which Kossel's sample had been extracted.