Concept information
Preferred term
Ethambutol
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Dexambutol
- EMB Hefa
- EMB-Hefa
- Etambutol Llorente
- Ethambutol Hydrochloride
- Etibi
- Hydrochloride, Ethambutol
- Llorente, Etambutol
- Myambutol
Scope note
- An antitubercular agent that inhibits the transfer of mycolic acids into the cell wall of the tubercle bacillus. It may also inhibit the synthesis of spermidine in mycobacteria. The action is usually bactericidal, and the drug can penetrate human cell membranes to exert its lethal effect. (From Smith and Reynard, Textbook of Pharmacology, 1992, p863)
History note
- 68(63)
In other languages
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Finnish
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ethambutolum
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Oributol
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Swedish
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Etambutolhydroklorid
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Myambutol
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004977
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