rA(Bz) N6-Benzoyladenosine

Nucleosides are glycosylamines that can be thought of as nucleotides without a phosphate group. A nucleoside consists simply of a nucleobase (also termed a nitrogenous base) and a five-carbon sugar (either ribose or deoxyribose), whereas a nucleotide is composed of a nucleobase, a five-carbon sugar, and one or more phosphate groups. In a nucleoside, the anomeric carbon is linked through a glycosidic bond to the N9 of a purine or the N1 of a pyrimidine. Examples of nucleosides include cytidine, uridine, adenosine, guanosine, thymidine and inosine.

N6-Benzoyladenosine is a purine nucleoside that is synthesized from uridine and has a high resistance to phosphorylation. It is found in the mitochondrial matrix of rat hepatocytes and can be used as a specific agent for the treatment of symptoms related to Parkinson's disease. N6-Benzoyladenosine inhibits protein synthesis by inhibiting the catalytic subunit of guanine nucleotide-binding proteins, which are involved in cellular energy production. It also inhibits camp levels and camp concentrations in mitochondria, which may be due to its effects on the trimethylbenzodiazepine receptor.