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Is Adenosine vegetarian?

Adenosine

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Adenosine is a naturally occurring nucleoside consisting of adenine attached to a ribose sugar, used in cosmetics as a skin conditioning agent and produced synthetically or via fermentation.

Also known as 6-Amino-9-beta-D-ribofuranosyl-9H-purine, Adenosine [USAN:BAN}
INCI name Adenosine
CAS number 58-61-7
EC number 200-389-9
CosIng ID 31367
Last reviewed 9 July 2026

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