Nucleoside Nomenclature
Add –idine to root name of the pyrimidine
cytosine  ®  cytidine
uracil ®  uridine
thymine ®  thymidine (ribothymidine)
Add –osine to the root name of the purine
adenine  ®  adenosine
guanine  ®  guanosine
xanthine ®  xanthosine
Except  hypoxanthine ®  inosine (See Fig. 11.11)