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Given below is the diagrammatic representation of one of the categories of small molecular weight organic compounds in the living tissues. Identify the category shown and the one blank component X in it

A) Cholesterol                         Guanin

B) Amino acid                          \[\text{N}{{\text{H}}_{\text{2}}}\]

C) Nucleoride                          Adenine

D) Nucleoside                         Uracil

Correct Answer: D

Solution :

Nucleoside is made up of ribose sugar and nitrogenous base only.  Uracil forms nucleoside with only ribose sugar. So, the option with category nucleoside component uracil is correct.