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• n  (biochemistry) a nucleoside that is a structural component of nucleic acids; it is present in all living cells in a combined form as a constituent of DNA and RNA and ADP and ATP and AMP

• Blocking adenosine staves off sleepiness.
• Until then, scientists knew that such energy-producing processes as photosynthesis and cell respiration depended on a substance dubbed ATP (for adenosine triphosphate), which .
• That should evenly block the uptake of adenosine, a neurotransmitter-like chemical that helps trigger sleep.

News & Articles

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• Is ATP + HMB an ideal combination to create a ‘new and untapped category in sports’?
  Supplements containing a combination of the leucine metabolite beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate (HMB) and adenosine-triphosphate (ATP) may boost lean body mass and strength, says a new study.
  June 14, 2013 - Nutraingredients.com

Quotes

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• Rocco Baldelli in St. Petersburg Times
  The consensus - though not absolute - diagnosis, Baldelli said, is that he has "some type of metabolic and/or mitochondrial abnormalities," the result of his body "not making or producing or storing the chemical adenosine triphosphate, an...