pteridine
MediLexicon pteridine - Medical Dictionary Definition for Term 'pteridine'
[1. a two-ring heterocyclic compound found as a component of pteroic acid and the pteroylglutamic acids (folic acids, pteropterin, etc.); simple pteridine derivatives (xanthopterin, leucopterin) occur as pigments in butterfly wings, whence the name.
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