Which purine base makes up most of this number?

Guanine — 35.3 mg of the 58.64 mg per 100 g total. The rest is adenine 21.2, xanthine 2.14, hypoxanthine 0.

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Nuts and seeds

Purine content

58.6 mgper 100 g

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Composition — per 100 g

Purine, total	58.6 mg
— Adenine	21.2 mg
— Guanine	35.3 mg
— Hypoxanthine	0 mg
— Xanthine	2.14 mg
Fructose	No data available
Calories	490 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: Kaneko, K., et al. (2020). Determination of total purine and purine base content of 80 food products to aid nutritional therapy for gout and hyperuricemia. Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and Nucleic Acids, 39(10-12), 1449-57..
Fructose and calories: USDA FoodData Central record #2710819.

If you want something similar

Within nuts and seeds, the same table also lists Almonds at 31.4 mg per 100 g.

From the author

Personal experience of someone living with gout

Mixed into oats and milk it's delicious; I often have it for dinner — it's one of my staples.

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Questions

Which purine base makes up most of this number?: Guanine — 35.3 mg of the 58.64 mg per 100 g total. The rest is adenine 21.2, xanthine 2.14, hypoxanthine 0.

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