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phenserine

phenserine noun: a physostigmine analog (N-phenylcarbamoyleseroline, 1,2,3,3a,8,8a-hexahydro-1,3a,8-trimethyl-pyrrolo[2,3-b]indol-5-ol phenylcarbamate) that inhibits acetylcholinesterase.

Noun

phenserine (uncountable)

  1. A physostigmine analog (N-phenylcarbamoyleseroline, 1,2,3,3a,8,8a-hexahydro-1,3a,8-trimethyl-pyrrolo[2,3-b]indol-5-ol phenylcarbamate) that inhibits acetylcholinesterase
    • The patient was diagnosed with AD, treated with phenserine and rivastigmine (cholinesterase inhibitors) and underwent 18 F-FDG PET.2015 July 2, Laetitia Lemoine et al., “Visualization of regional tau deposits using 3H-THK5117 in Alzheimer brain tissue”, in Acta Neuropathologica Communications, volume 3, →DOI

Questions about phenserine

What does phenserine mean?
Phenserine means a physostigmine analog (N-phenylcarbamoyleseroline, 1,2,3,3a,8,8a-hexahydro-1,3a,8-trimethyl-pyrrolo[2,3-b]indol-5-ol phenylcarbamate) that inhibits acetylcholinesterase.
What part of speech is phenserine?
Phenserine is a noun.

Words near phenserine in the dictionary

  1. phenprobamate
  2. phenprocoumon
  3. phenpromethamine
  4. phenpropionate
  5. phenpropionates
  6. phenserine
  7. phensuximide
  8. phentermine
  9. phentermine-fenfluramine
  10. phentermine/fenfluramine
  11. phenthoate

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