#base__alkali any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"
supertype: #chemical_compound__compound (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight
subtype: #pyridine a toxic colorless flammable liquid organic base with a disagreeable odor; usually derived from coal
subtype: #triphosphopyridine a pyridine ring with three phosphorus groups
subtype: #purine a colorless crystalline nitrogen-containing organic base; the parent compound of various biologically important substances
subtype: #purine.base any of several bases that are derivatives of purine
subtype: #adenine (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA
subtype: #guanine a purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with cytosine
subtype: #imidazole__iminazole__glyoxaline an organic base C3H4N2; a histamine inhibitor
subtype: #melamine__cyanuramide a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins
subtype: #pyrimidine any of several basic compounds derived from pyrimidine
subtype: #cytosine a base found in DNA and RNA and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with guanine
subtype: #thymine a base found in DNA (but not in RNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
subtype: #uracil a nitrogen-containing base found in RNA (but not in DNA) and derived from pyrimidine; pairs with adenine
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