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Permethrin

A pyrethroid insecticide commonly used in the treatment of lice infestations and scabies. It is a yellow to light orange-brown, low melt-ing solid or viscous liquid.

Methyl nicotinate

Methyl nicotinate is the methyl ester of [DB00627] that is used as an active ingredient as a rubefacient in over-the-counter topical preparations indicated for muscle and joint pain. … The action of methyl nicotinate as a rubefacient is thought to involve peripheral vasodilation.

Tesamorelin

Tesamorelin is a stabilized synthetic peptide analogue of the hypothalamic peptide, Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone (GHRH) indicated for the reduction of excess abdominal fat in HIV-infected patients … Lipodystrophy is a metabolic condition characterized by insulin resistance, fat redistribution, and hyperlipidemia associated with antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection.

L-Acetylleucine

Levacetylleucine (L-acetylleucine) is a modified acetylated derivative of the amino acid [leucine]. The racemic (i.e. DL-) form has been available in France since 1957 for the treatment of vertigo. … [A264439] Observational studies in patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) suggested a beneficial symptomatic as well as neuroprotective disease-modifying effect of the DL-form of N-acetylleucine

Lycopene

Lycopene is a naturally occurring red carotenoid pigment that is responsible for red to pink colors seen in tomatoes, pink grapefruit, and other foods [A27242]. … However, lycopene is a potent antioxidant molecule that scavenges reactive oxygen species (ROS) singlet oxygen. Tomato lycopene extract is used as a color additive in food products.

Kappadione

Studies involving the active metabolite of this formulation, menadione, showed oocyte toxicity in a study of mice [L1544]. … Kappadione is a Vitamin K derivative (chemically, it is menadiol sodium diphosphate), previously approved by FDA prior to 1982 and marketed by Lilly Marketing for this drug has been discontinued and is

Crizanlizumab

[L10097] Sickle cell disease is a genetically inherited condition prevalent in the Middle East, Africa, and certain parts of India. … Crizanlizumab is a humanized IgG2 monoclonal antibody used to reduce the frequency of vaso-occlusive crises in patients with sickle cell disease.

Calcium alginate

Mephenesin

Mephenesin is a synthetic cresol glyceryl ether which produces transient muscle relaxation and paralysis via central nervous system depression [A32760]. It first entered use in the 1950s.

Nisoldipine

Nisoldipine may be used in alone or in combination with other agents in the management of hypertension. … Nisoldipine is a 1,4-dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker. It acts primarily on vascular smooth muscle cells by stabilizing voltage-gated L-type calcium channels in their inactive conformation.