Concept information
Preferred term
Prodrugs
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
Entry terms
- Drug Precursor
- Drug Precursors
- Precursor, Drug
- Precursors, Drug
- Pro Drug
- Pro-Drug
- Prodrug
- Pro Drugs
- Pro-Drugs
Note
- coordinate with specific drug
Scope note
- A compound that, on administration, must undergo chemical conversion by metabolic processes before becoming the pharmacologically active drug for which it is a prodrug.
History note
- 89(88); was see under DRUGS 1988
In other languages
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Finnish
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aihiolääke
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lääkkeen esimuoto
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lääkkeiden esimuodot
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011355
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