 Propylthiouracil
"Propylthiouracil" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A thiourea antithyroid agent. Propythiouracil inhibits the synthesis of thyroxine and inhibits the peripheral conversion of throxine to tri-iodothyronine. It is used in the treatment of hyperthyroidism. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopeoia, 30th ed, p534)
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D011441
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.742.698.875.842.708
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Propylthiouracil" by people in Profiles.
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Martin LE, Kay KE, Torregrossa AM. Rats are unable to discriminate quinine from diverse bitter stimuli. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2019 12 01; 317(6):R793-R802.
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Kim HJ, Kim BH, Han YS, Yang I, Kim KJ, Dong SH, Kim HJ, Chang YW, Lee JI, Chang R. The incidence and clinical characteristics of symptomatic propylthiouracil-induced hepatic injury in patients with hyperthyroidism: a single-center retrospective study. Am J Gastroenterol. 2001 Jan; 96(1):165-9.
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Samuels MH, Wierman ME, Wang C, Ridgway EC. The effect of altered thyroid status on pituitary hormone messenger ribonucleic acid concentrations in the rat. Endocrinology. 1989 May; 124(5):2277-82.
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Burstein PJ, Draznin B, Johnson CJ, Schalch DS. The effect of hypothyroidism on growth, serum growth hormone, the growth hormone-dependent somatomedin, insulin-like growth factor, and its carrier protein in rats. Endocrinology. 1979 Apr; 104(4):1107-11.
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