Version 2.78

Part Description

LP62213-1   Thymine
Thymine is one of the four nucleobases in the nucleic acid of DNA that are represented by the letters G-C-A-T. The others are adenine, guanine, and cytosine. Thymine is also known as 5-methyluracil, a pyrimidine nucleobase. As the name suggests, thymine may be derived by methylation of uracil at the 5th carbon. In RNA, thymine is replaced with uracil in most cases. In DNA, thymine(T) binds to adenine (A) via two hydrogen bonds, thus stabilizing the nucleic acid structures.

Thymine combined with deoxyribose creates the nucleoside deoxythymidine, which is synonymous with the term thymidine. Thymidine can be phosphorylated with one, two, or three phosphoric acid groups, creating, respectively, TMP, TDP, or TTP (thymidine mono-, di-, or triphosphate).

One of the common mutations of DNA involves two adjacent thymines or cytosine, which, in presence of ultraviolet light, may form thymine dimers, causing "kinks" in the DNA molecule that inhibit normal function.

Thymine could also be a target for actions of 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) in cancer treatment. 5-FU can be a metabolic analog of thymine (in DNA synthesis) or uracil (in RNA synthesis). Substitution of this analog inhibits DNA synthesis in actively-dividing cells.

Thymine bases are frequently oxidized to hydantoins over time after the death of an organism Copyright Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ for details. Source: Wikipedia, Thymine

Fully-Specified Name

Component
Thymine
Property
SCnc
Time
Pt
System
Ser/Plas
Scale
Qn
Method

Additional Names

Long Common Name
Thymine [Moles/volume] in Serum or Plasma
Short Name
Thymine SerPl-sCnc
Display Name
Thymine [Moles/Vol]
Consumer Name Alpha Get Info
Thymine, Blood

Basic Attributes

Class
CHEM
Type
Laboratory
First Released
Version 2.48
Last Updated
Version 2.73
Order vs. Observation
Both
Common Test Rank Get Info
11145

Member of these Panels

LOINC Long Common Name
79665-6 Purine and Pyrimidine panel - Serum or Plasma

Language Variants Get Info

Tag Language Translation
es-ES Spanish (Spain) Timina:Concentración de sustancia:Punto temporal:Suero o Plasma:Qn:
Synonyms: Cuantitativo
es-MX Spanish (Mexico) Timina:Concentración de sustancias:Punto temporal:Suero o Plasma:Cuantitativo:
et-EE Estonian (Estonia) Tümiin:SCnc:Pt:S/P:Qn:
Synonyms: Aine kontsentratsioon Juhuslik Kvantitatiivne Plasma Seerum Seerum või plasma
fr-CA French (Canada) Thymine:Concentration de substance:Temps ponctuel:Sérum/Plasma:Quantitatif:
fr-FR French (France) Thymine:Moles/Volume:Ponctuel:Sérum/Plasma:Numérique:
fr-BE French (Belgium) Thymine:Concentration de substance:Temps ponctuel:Sérum/Plasma:Quantitatif:
it-IT Italian (Italy) Timina:SCnc:Pt:Siero/Plasma:Qn:
Synonyms: Chimica Concentrazione di Sostanza Plasma Punto nel tempo (episodio) Siero Siero o Plasma
nl-NL Dutch (Netherlands) thymine:mol/volume:moment:serum of plasma:kwantitatief:
pt-BR Portuguese (Brazil) Timina::Pt:Soro/Plas:Qn:
ru-RU Russian (Russian Federation) Тимин:МолКонц:ТчкВрм:Сыв/Плаз:Колич:
Synonyms: Количественный Молярность;Молярная объёмная концентрация Плазма Сыворотка Сыворотка или Плазма Точка во времени;Момент
tr-TR Turkish (Turkey) Timin:SubKons:Zmlı:Ser/Plaz:Kant:
zh-CN Chinese (China) 胸腺嘧啶:物质的量浓度:时间点:血清/血浆:定量型:
Synonyms: 5-甲基二氧嘧啶;5-甲基尿嘧啶;胸腺碱 克分子浓度;克分子浓度(单位体积);摩尔浓度;摩尔浓度(单位体积);物质的量浓度(单位体积) 化学;化学检验项目;化学检验项目类;化学类;化学试验;非刺激耐受型化学检验项目;非刺激耐受型化学检验项目类;非刺激耐受型化学试验;非刺激耐受型化学试验类 可用数量表示的;定量性;数值型;数量型;连续数值型标尺 时刻;随机;随意;瞬间 血清或血浆

Example Units

Unit Source
nmol/L Example UCUM Units

LOINC Terminology Service (API) using HL7® FHIR® Get Info

CodeSystem lookup
https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=75121-4