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Adenosine component

Answer for the clue "Adenosine component ", 6 letters:
ribose

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1892, from German Ribose (1891), from Ribonsäure , a tetrahydroxy acid, with first element shortened and arbitrarily rearranged from English arabinose (c.1880), a sugar which is so called because it is formed from gum arabic .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a pentose sugar important as a component of ribonucleic acid