GO:0042278

purine nucleoside metabolic process

Details: 
The chemical reactions and pathways involving one of a family of organic molecules consisting of a purine base covalently bonded to a sugar ribose (a ribonucleoside) or deoxyribose (a deoxyribonucleoside). [GOC:jl, ISBN:0140512713]
Evidence Code: 
IEA