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tanomastat

tanomastat noun: an inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases, 4-(4'-chlorobiphenyl-4-yl)-4-oxo-2-[(phenylsulfanyl)methyl]butanoic acid, that is used as an anticancer drug.

Noun

tanomastat (uncountable)

  1. An inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases, 4-(4'-chlorobiphenyl-4-yl)-4-oxo-2-[(phenylsulfanyl)methyl]butanoic acid, that is used as an anticancer drug
    • Using low scores for both R-enantiomer queries, the LBVS counter-screen ruled out exatecan acid, S-flunoxaprofen, gemfibrozil, cinalukast, fexofenadine, and tanomastat.2015 November 12, “Novel Activities of Select NSAID R-Enantiomers against Rac1 and Cdc42 GTPases”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about tanomastat

What does tanomastat mean?
Tanomastat means an inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases, 4-(4'-chlorobiphenyl-4-yl)-4-oxo-2-[(phenylsulfanyl)methyl]butanoic acid, that is used as an anticancer drug.
What part of speech is tanomastat?
Tanomastat is a noun.

Words near tanomastat in the dictionary

  1. tanoaks
  2. Tanoan
  3. tanoas
  4. tanod
  5. tanods
  6. tanomastat
  7. tanooki
  8. tanookis
  9. tanorexia
  10. tanorexic
  11. tanorexics

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