Thiouracil definitions

Thiouracil

1) Organic compound
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Thiouracil refers both to a specific molecule consisting of a sulfated uracil, and a family of molecules based upon that structure. The substance is a historically relevant antithyroid preparation. Astwood E.B. used it in 1943 as therapy of Graves` disease for the first time. It remains in use. Thiouracil inhibits thyroid activity by blocking the....
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thiouracil

<chemical> Occurs in seeds of brassica and crucifera species. Thiouracil has been used as antithyroid, coronary vasodilator, and in congestive heart failure although its use has been largely supplanted by other drugs. It is known to cause blood dyscrasias and suspected of terato- and carcinogenesis. ... Pharmacological action: antimetabolites...
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