- suramin
- A drug that is used to treat infections caused by parasites. It is also being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to the families of drugs called antiprotozoals and anthelmintics.
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Suramin — Systematic (IUPAC) name 8 [(4 methyl 3 {[3 ({[3 ({2 methyl 5 … Wikipedia
Suramin — Suramin® [Kurzwort] das, s, Germanin … Universal-Lexikon
suramin — suràmīn m <G suramína> DEFINICIJA farm. lijek koji se upotrebljava za liječenje tripanosomijaze (kao i u tretiranju AIDS a) ETIMOLOGIJA fr. sur: nad + v. amin … Hrvatski jezični portal
Suramin — Strukturformel Allgemeines Freiname Suramin Andere Namen … Deutsch Wikipedia
suramin — ▪ drug synthetic drug used in the treatment of sleeping sickness (African trypanosomiasis), a disease caused by an infestation of the protozoan Trypanosoma and spread by the tsetse fly. Suramin is administered by intravenous injection. It… … Universalium
suramin — sur·a·min su̇r ə mən n a trypanocidal drug C51H34N6Na6O23S6 obtained as a white powder and administered intravenously in the early stages of African sleeping sickness called also germanin, suramin sodium * * * n. a nonmetallic drug used in the… … Medical dictionary
suramin — ˈsu̇rəmə̇n noun or suramin sodium ( s) Etymology: probably from surra + am + in : a trypanocidal drug C51H34N6Na6O23S6 obtained as a white powder and administered intravenously in the early stages of African sleeping sickness … Useful english dictionary
suramin hexasodium — su·ra·min hexa·so·di·um (sooґrə min) an antitrypanosomal and antifilarial agent, used in the prophylaxis and treatment of African trypanosomiasis and in the treatment of onchocerciasis (for which use it has largely been replaced by… … Medical dictionary
suramin sodium — noun see suramin … Useful english dictionary
suramin — Compound that uncouples G proteins from receptors, inhibits phospholipase D and inhibits binding of EGF, PDGF to cell surface receptors … Dictionary of molecular biology
suramin — noun A drug used to treat onchocerciasis and human sleeping sickness caused by trypanosomes … Wiktionary
