Which purine base makes up most of this number?

Hypoxanthine — 86.1 mg of the 148.9 mg per 100 g total. The rest is guanine 33.3, adenine 29.5.

Why is hypoxanthine the largest fraction here?

Hypoxanthine accounts for 86.1 of the 148.9 mg total — about 58% of the number.

Chicken thigh, roasted

Moderate purine

Poultry (other than organs)

Purine content

149 mgper 100 g

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Composition — per 100 g

Purine, total	149 mg
— Adenine	29.5 mg
— Guanine	33.3 mg
— Hypoxanthine	86.1 mg
— Xanthine	No data available
Fructose	No data available
Calories	179 kcal

Missing figures are shown as “No data available”; values are copied from the sources below and are never estimated. Laboratory values differ between studies and samples.

Where these numbers come from

Purine total and fractions: Young, L.L. Purine content of raw and roasted chicken broiler meat. (1982). Journal of Food Science, 47(4), 1374-5..
Fructose and calories: USDA FoodData Central record #172388.

If you want something similar

Within poultry (other than organs), the same table also lists Chicken wing, raw at 137.5 mg and Chicken thigh, raw at 141.7 mg per 100 g.

From the author

Personal experience of someone living with gout

So good!! During a flare I eat less of it.

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Questions

Which purine base makes up most of this number?: Hypoxanthine — 86.1 mg of the 148.9 mg per 100 g total. The rest is guanine 33.3, adenine 29.5.
Why is hypoxanthine the largest fraction here?: Hypoxanthine accounts for 86.1 of the 148.9 mg total — about 58% of the number.

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