Medical Definition of COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATE. : a polysaccharide (as starch or cellulose) consisting of usually hundreds or thousands of monosaccharide units; also: a food (as rice or pasta) composed primarily of such polysaccharides.ADVERTISEMENT.noun.efinition of COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATE. : a polysaccharide (as starch or cellulose) consisting of usually hundreds or thousands of monosaccharide units; also: a food (as rice or pasta) composed primarily of such polysaccharides. ADVERTISEMENT. noun.
Freebase (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: Pyridoxine. Pyridoxine is one of the compounds that can be called vitamin B6, along with pyridoxal and pyridoxamine. It differs from pyridoxamine by the substituent at the '4' position. Its hydrochloride salt pyridoxine hydrochloride is often used.
Pyrimidine is a heterocyclic aromatic organic compound, which is similar to benzene and pyridine and that contains two nitrogen atoms at positions 1 and 3 of the six-membered ring. [www.bio-medicine.org/biology-definition/Pyrimidine/] Pyrimidine: A nitrogen containing, single ring compound that occurs in nucleic acids. In DNA molecules, the pyrimidines are cytosine and thymine. Radioactive phosphorus (32P): radioactive isotope of 31P, an element found in DNA molecules.