Complete nucleic acid hydrolysis yields all the following, except

Phosphoric acid

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Purines

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Pentoses

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Adenosine

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Solution

The correct option is A Phosphoric acid
Hydrolysis is a process of breaking of a bond in a molecule using water. Site of cleavage are sugar, phosphate backbone or in the base. Result of hydrolysis of nucleic acids are purine and pyrimidines bases, oligonucleotide, nucleosides, ribose or deoxyribose and phosphate.
So the correct option is 'Phosphoric acid'.

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