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Preferred term

Prodrugs  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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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

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D011355

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