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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The name of a class of organic compounds containing the complex

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  • noun organic chemistry the isomer of oxazole 1,2-oxazole many of whose derivatives have pharmacological activity

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  • Leflunomide is an isoxazole immunomodulatory agent shown in animal studies to be both embryotoxic and teratogenic, and thus has been classified as pregnancy category X.

    MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2010

  • Applying SPR to the SeeDs method has successfully ascertained why isoxazole is a much more potent growth inhibitor than pyrazole, although they both have the same IC50 against Hsp90 (pyrazole is twofold faster on, but isoxazole is 15-fold slower off).

    GEN News Highlights 2009

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