| purine-restricted diet | See: gout diet. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| purine ribonucleoside | A toxic nucleoside isolated from the mushroom Agaricus nebularis and from Streptomyces sp. Synonym: 9-beta-ribofuranosylpurine, purine ribonucleoside, ribosylpurine. (05 Mar 2000) |
| low purine diet | A diet low in precursors of purines (such as tissues rich in cells with abundant nuclei, as in liver, glandular meats, etc.) to minimise formation of uric acid. Useful in treatment of patients with gout or urate-containing renal calculi. (05 Mar 2000) |