Heterocycles: small and wonderful structures in the human organism
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https://doi.org/10.22201/codeic.16076079e.2018.v19n4.a3Keywords:
heterocycles, purine bases, pyrimidine bases, vitamins, heme, amino acids, hormonesAbstract
The ability of a living organism to perform certain functions depends on a series of chemical compounds, in which small rings called heterocycles are often involved. These, in turn, can be part of different structures capable of giving us physical characteristics such as DNA, which has all the genetic information of our parents; aminoacids, that are responsible for carrying out specific functions in our body; hormones, involved in some moments of happiness and pleasure throughout our lives; among other structures. Therefore, it is important to recognize these small heterocyclic structures with which our body stays in contact throughout life.
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