A nucleoside is composed of:

Nitrogenous base + sugar + phosphate
Nitrogenous base
Sugar moiety + phosphate
Nitrogenous base + sugar moiety

Nitrogenous base + sugar + phosphate

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Nitrogenous base

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Nitrogenous base + sugar moiety

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Sugar moiety + phosphate

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Solution

The correct option is C
Nitrogenous base + sugar moiety

Nucleoside is a compound that consists of a purine or pyrimidine base combined with deoxyribose or ribose sugar and is found especially in DNA or RNA.

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