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Pyrazinamide
A pyrazine that is used therapeutically as an antitubercular agent.
Antitubercular Agents
Drugs used in the treatment of tuberculosis. They are divided into two main classes: first-line agents, those with the greatest efficacy and acceptable degrees of toxicity used successfully in the great majority of cases; and second-line drugs used in drug-resistant cases or those in which some other patient-related condition has compromised the effectiveness of primary therapy.
Pyrazines
A heterocyclic aromatic organic compound with the chemical formula C4H4N2.
Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring
Organic compounds that contain a ring structure made up of carbon and one or more additional elements such as nitrogen and oxygen.
Year introduced: 1998
Heterocyclic Compounds
Cyclic compounds that include atoms other than carbon in their ring structure.
Therapeutic Uses
Uses of chemicals which affect the course of conditions, diseases, syndromes or pathology to benefit the health of an individual.
Year introduced: 2004
Pharmacologic Actions
A broad category of chemical actions and uses that result in the prevention, treatment, cure or diagnosis of disease. Included here are drugs and chemicals that act by altering normal body functions, such as the REPRODUCTIVE CONTROL AGENTS and ANESTHETICS. Effects of chemicals on the environment are also included.
Year introduced: 2004(1999)
Chemical Actions and Uses
A group of pharmacologic activities, effects on living systems and the environment, and modes of employment of drugs and chemicals. They are broken into actions, which describe their effects, and uses, which describe how they are employed.
Year introduced: 1999
Anti-Bacterial Agents
Substances that inhibit the growth or reproduction of BACTERIA.
Year introduced: 2004(1963)
Anti-Infective Agents
Substances that prevent infectious agents or organisms from spreading or kill infectious agents in order to prevent the spread of infection.