Definitions
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 ofoxazole 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
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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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