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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

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Concept information

  1. investigación, tecnología, métodos
  2. compuestos heterocíclicos
  3. compuestos heterocíclicos nitrogenados
  4. azoles
  5. imidazoles
  6. metimazol
  1. investigación, tecnología, métodos
  2. compuestos orgánicos del nitrógeno
  3. compuestos heterocíclicos nitrogenados
  4. azoles
  5. imidazoles
  6. metimazol
  1. investigación, tecnología, métodos
  2. compuestos orgánicos del nitrógeno
  3. compuestos heterocíclicos nitrogenados
  4. azoles
  5. imidazoles
  6. metimazol

Preferred term

metimazol

Type

  • Chemical

Definition

  • Information A thioureylene antithyroid agent that inhibits the formation of thyroid hormones by interfering with the incorporation of iodine into tyrosyl residues of thyroglobulin. This is done by interfering with the oxidation of iodide ion and iodotyrosyl groups through inhibition of the peroxidase enzyme.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings

    Type: https://lod.nal.usda.gov/naltv#Definition

Broader concept

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In other languages

  • methimazole

    English

  • 1-methyl-2-mercaptoimidazole
  • tapazole

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/329505

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