See Also: Pteridine(medicine)
pteridine(dictionary)

pteridine (iou)



pteridine noun. M20.
[from PTERIN + -IDINE.]
Chemistry. A synthetic yellow crystalline solid, C6H4N4, which has a bicyclic structure formed from fused pyrazine and pyrimidine rings; any of the derivatives of this, many of which occur naturally as insect pigments and B group vitamins.