Nucleoside Nomenclature,
con’t.
Nucleosides of deoxyribose are
deoxyribonucleosides and are prefixed by
deoxy
Adenine-ribose = adenosine
Adenine-deoxyribose = deoxyadenosine
Except for thymine
Thymine-ribose is called ribothymidine
Thymine-deoxyribose is called thymidine