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Figure 8.

Figure 8

Metabolization of adenosine to inosine occurred rapidly in vivo mainly by the enzyme adenosine deaminase. The A3AR agonist, IB-MECA, resists degradation by adenosine deaminase, due to substitution, at the 2-position of adenosine, combined with modifications at N6 and 5′-positions [26,27].