| Compound | Description |
|---|
| hydronium ion | |
| Orthophosphate | |
| Water | A clear, odorless, tasteless liquid that is essential for most animal and plant life and is an excellent solvent for many substances. The chemical formula is hydrogen oxide (H2O). (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed) |
| thymine | One of four constituent bases of DNA. |
| uracil | One of four nucleotide bases in the nucleic acid RNA. |
| deoxycytidine | A nucleoside component of DNA composed of CYTOSINE and DEOXYRIBOSE. |
| deoxyuridine | 2'-Deoxyuridine. An antimetabolite that is converted to deoxyuridine triphosphate during DNA synthesis. Laboratory suppression of deoxyuridine is used to diagnose megaloblastic anemias due to vitamin B12 and folate deficiencies. |
| 2-deoxyribose 1-phosphate | |
| thymidine | A nucleoside in which THYMINE is linked to DEOXYRIBOSE. |