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Potassium alum is considered by the FDA as a generally recognized as safe (GRAS) substance. It is an inorganic salt, also called potassium aluminum sulfate with a formula of AlK(SO4)2 that is predominantly produced in the dodecahydrate form (AlK(SO4)2 * 12H2O). Potassium alum is formed by large, transparent crystals that...
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Matched Description: … potassium aluminum sulfate with a formula of AlK(SO4)2 that is predominantly produced in the dodecahydrate form
Precursor of an alkylating nitrogen mustard antineoplastic and immunosuppressive agent that must be activated in the liver to form the active aldophosphamide. It has been used in the treatment of lymphoma and leukemia. Its side effect, alopecia, has been used for defleecing sheep. Cyclophosphamide may also cause sterility, birth defects,...
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Matched Description: … nitrogen mustard antineoplastic and immunosuppressive agent that must be activated in the liver to form
Levodopa is a prodrug of dopamine that is administered to patients with Parkinson's due to its ability to cross the blood-brain barrier[Label]. Levodopa can be metabolised to dopamine on either side of the blood-brain barrier and so it is generally administered with a dopa decarboxylase inhibitor like carbidopa to prevent...
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Kanamycin (also known as kanamycin A) is an aminoglycoside bacteriocidal antibiotic, available in oral, intravenous, and intramuscular forms, and used to treat a wide variety of infections. Kanamycin is isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces kanamyceticus and its most commonly used form is kanamycin sulfate.
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Matched Description: … Kanamycin is isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces kanamyceticus and its most commonly used form is …
A synthetic phospholipid used in liposomes and lipid bilayers for the study of biological membranes. It is used in commercial drug preparations to solubilize drugs for injection
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DL-dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol is a phospholipid used in commercially available pharmaceutical preparations to solubilize drugs for injection.
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Tafenoquine is an 8-aminoquinoline analogue of primaquine which varies only on the presence of a 5-phenoxy group.[A35671, A35690] It was discovered by the scientists at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in 1978 as a substitute for primaquine that would be more effective against relapsing vivax malaria. Tafenoquine was...
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Selenomethionine is a naturally occuring amino acid in some plant materials such as cereal grains, soybeans and enriched yeast but it cannot be synthesized from animals or humans. It can be produced from post-structural modifications. In vivo, selenomethionine plays an essential role in acting as an antioxidant, where it depletes...
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Matched Description: … In comparison to selenite, which is the inorganic form of selenium, the organic form of selenomethionine …
Verteporfin, marketed as Visudyne, is a benzoporphyrin derivative comprising a 50:50 mixture of two isomers: CL-315555 and CL-315585. It is used as a photosensitizer in photodynamic therapy to eliminate abnormal blood vessels in wet form macular degeneration. Verteporfin accumulates in these abnormal blood vessels and, when stimulated by nonthermal red...
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Matched Description: … It is used as a photosensitizer in photodynamic therapy to eliminate abnormal blood vessels in wet form
A mercaptodicarboxylic acid used as an antidote to heavy metal poisoning because it forms strong chelates with them.
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An anti-androgen that, in the form of its acetate (cyproterone acetate), also has progestational properties. It is used in the treatment of hypersexuality in males, as a palliative in prostatic carcinoma, and, in combination with estrogen, for the therapy of severe acne and hirsutism in females.
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Matched Description: … An anti-androgen that, in the form of its acetate (cyproterone acetate), also has progestational properties …
Nelarabine is an antineoplastic agent that is typically used to treat acute T-cell lymphoblastic leukemia, particularly T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) and T-cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T-LBL), in both adult and pediatric patients whose disease has not responded to or has relapsed following at least two chemotherapy regimens. T-cell acute lymphoblastic...
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Matched Description: … since T-cells have a higher expression of enzymes that convert nelarabine to the active purine analog form
Rilpivirine is non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI) which is used for the treatment of HIV-1 infections in treatment-naive patients. It is a diarylpyrimidine derivative. The internal conformational flexibility of rilpivirine and the plasticity of it interacting binding site gives it a very high potency and reduces the chance of resistance...
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Iopodic acid, also known by the name of ipodate, is classified as a cholecystographic agent formed by a weak organic acid that contains a tri-iodinated benzene ring with iodine at positions 2, 4 and 6. Due to its particular structure, it presents a high degree of lipid solubility and a...
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A reverse transcriptase inhibitor and zalcitabine analog in which a sulfur atom replaces the 3' carbon of the pentose ring. It is used to treat Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (HIV-1) and hepatitis B (HBV).
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Exametazime is a diagnostic radiopharmaceutical agent commonly used for the preparation of Tc99m Exametazime injection. It acts as a chelating agent for the radioisotope technetium-99m to form a cationic complex. It is used in the detection of altered regional cerebral perfusion and for the radiolabeling of autologous leukocytes.
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Matched Description: … It acts as a chelating agent for the radioisotope technetium-99m to form a cationic complex. …
Benazepril, brand name Lotensin, is a medication used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension), congestive heart failure, and chronic renal failure[A838,A837]. Upon cleavage of its ester group by the liver, benazepril is converted into its active form benazeprilat, a non-sulfhydryl angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor .
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Matched Description: … Upon cleavage of its ester group by the liver, benazepril is converted into its active form benazeprilat …
Trioxsalen (trimethylpsoralen, trioxysalen or trisoralen) is a furanocoumarin and a psoralen derivative obtained from several plants, mainly Psoralea corylifolia. Like other psoralens it causes photosensitization of the skin. It is administered either topically or orally in conjunction with UV-A (the least damaging form of ultraviolet light) for phototherapy treatment of...
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Matched Description: … The photoactivated form produces interstrand linkages in DNA resulting in cell apoptosis. ... It is administered either topically or orally in conjunction with UV-A (the least damaging form of ultraviolet …
Sulfur is a chemical element that is present in all living tissues. The most commonly used form of pharmaceutical sulfur is Octasulfur (S8). After calcium and phosphorus, it is the third most abundant mineral in the human body. Sulfur is also found in garlic, onions and broccoli. People take sulfur...
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Matched Description: … The most commonly used form of pharmaceutical sulfur is Octasulfur (S8). …
Rifampin, also known as rifampicin, is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial that was first discovered in 1965 and clinically used in 1968. Rifampin is used to treat tuberculosis and works by inhibiting the microbial DNA-dependent RNA polymerase (RNAP).
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The most significant modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease and the most prominent contributor to all-cause mortality is hypertension. Characterized by an office blood pressure of ≥140/90, hypertension is pervasive and impacts an estimated 25% of adults globally. Treatment for hypertension should include a number of lifestyle changes (ie. reduced...
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Perfluorohexyloctane is a semifluorinated alkane that contains six perfluorinated carbon atoms and eight hydrogenated carbon atoms. It is an inert, slightly amphiphilic compound. Because it is a completely non-aqueous liquid, microbial growth is not possible; therefore, its drug products do not need to be combined with any preservative.[A259746, A259751] Perfluorohexyloctane...
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Nutritional factor found in milk, eggs, malted barley, liver, kidney, heart, and leafy vegetables. The richest natural source is yeast. It occurs in the free form only in the retina of the eye, in whey, and in urine; its principal forms in tissues and cells are as flavin mononucleotide and...
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Matched Description: … It occurs in the free form only in the retina of the eye, in whey, and in urine; its principal forms …
Clorazepic acid (clorazepate) is a water-soluble benzodiazepine with muscle-relaxant and anticonvulsant actions effective in the treatment of anxiety.[A957,L44788] Following administration, clorazepate is rapidly converted to nordiazepam (N-desmethyldiazepam), its active metabolite, before entering systemic circulation. Similar to other benzodiazepines, the active metabolite of clorazepate enhances the binding of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)...
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An unsaturated fatty acid that is the most widely distributed and abundant fatty acid in nature. It is used commercially in the preparation of oleates and lotions, and as a pharmaceutical solvent. (Stedman, 26th ed)
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