Tags: Chemical Compound, Chemical Substance.
Pteridine is an aromatic chemical compound composed of fused pyrimidine and pyrazine rings. A pteridine is also a group of heterocyclic compounds containing a wide variety of substitutions on this structure. Pterins and flavins are classes of substituted pteridines that have important biological activity. Pteridine is a precursor in the synthesis of dihydrofolic acid in many microorganisms.
