ziconotide

ziconotide
zi·con·o·tide zī-'kän-ō-.tīd n a calcium channel blocker C102H172N36O32S7 with analgesic and neuroprotective effects that has been used to relieve chronic intractable pain and is a synthetic analog of a constituent of the venom of a tropical marine snail of the genus Conus (C. magus)

Medical dictionary. 2011.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Ziconotide — Identificadores Número CAS …   Wikipedia Español

  • Ziconotide — ] It was developed into an artificially manufactured drug by Elan Corporation. It was approved for sale under the name Prialt by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on December 28, 2004, and by the European Commission on February 22, 2005.… …   Wikipedia

  • ziconotide — noun An analgesic drug used for the amelioration of severe and chronic pain …   Wiktionary

  • ziconotide — A drug used in the treatment of chronic pain. Also called SNX 111 …   English dictionary of cancer terms

  • Conotoxin — Alpha conotoxin precursor α Conotoxin PnIB from C. pennaceus, disulfide bonds shown in yellow. From the University of Michigan s Orientations of Proteins in Membranes database, PDB …   Wikipedia

  • Neuropathy — ICD10|G|99|0|g|90 ICD9 = ICD9|337.0 ICD9|337.1, ICD9|356 ICD9|357, ICD9|377 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = search eMedicineTopic = neuropathy eMedicine mult = | MeshID = Neuropathy is a medical term, usually short for peripheral… …   Wikipedia

  • Nicotinic agonist — A nicotinic agonist is a drug which enhances the action at the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR). Examples include: nicotine (by definition the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor is named for its affinity for nicotine) acetylcholine, the… …   Wikipedia

  • Conus magus — Pionoconus magus Dorsal (left) and ventral (right) views of a shell of Pionoconus magus Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • Marine pharmacognosy — For many years, traditional Western pharmacognosy focused on the investigation and identification of medically important plants and animals in the terrestrial environment, although many marine organisms were used in Traditional Chinese Medicine.… …   Wikipedia

  • Neuropathic pain — results from lesions or diseases affecting the somatosensory system.[1] It may be associated with abnormal sensations called dysesthesia, which occur spontaneously and allodynia that occurs in response to external stimuli. Neuropathic pain may… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”