National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Bile Acid Sequestrant
Synonyms

Bile Acid Sequestrant
Definitions

A highly charged polymeric agent use to bind bile acids in the gastrointestinal tract and prevent their reabsorption from the gut. The bound bile acids are excreted with the feces and plasma cholesterol is converted to bile acid to reestablish normal bile acid levels, resulting in a lowering of plasma cholesterol concentrations.
ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C98148
code

C98148
DEFINITION

A highly charged polymeric agent use to bind bile acids in the gastrointestinal tract and prevent their reabsorption from the gut. The bound bile acids are excreted with the feces and plasma cholesterol is converted to bile acid to reestablish normal bile acid levels, resulting in a lowering of plasma cholesterol concentrations.
FULL_SYN

Bile Acid Sequestrant
label

Bile Acid Sequestrant
Preferred_Name

Bile Acid Sequestrant
prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C98148
Semantic_Type

Chemical Viewed Functionally
UMLS_CUI

C2917337
subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C29703
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