loading...| Preferred Name |
Xylometazoline |
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| Synonyms |
Xylomethazoline Balminil Otrivin |
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| Definitions |
A nasal vasoconstricting decongestant drug which acts by binding to the same receptors as adrenaline. It is applied as a spray or as drops into the nose to ease inflammation and congestion of the nasal passageways. It binds alpha-adrenergic receptors to activate the adrenal system which causes systemic vasoconstriction, thereby easing nasal congestion. |
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| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DRON_00017565 |
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| database cross reference |
DRON:00017565 |
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| definition |
A nasal vasoconstricting decongestant drug which acts by binding to the same receptors as adrenaline. It is applied as a spray or as drops into the nose to ease inflammation and congestion of the nasal passageways. It binds alpha-adrenergic receptors to activate the adrenal system which causes systemic vasoconstriction, thereby easing nasal congestion. |
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| definition source | ||
| existence in other ontologies |
Sufficient |
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| hasExactSynonym |
Xylomethazoline Balminil Otrivin |
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| prefixIRI |
DRON:00017565 |
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| prefLabel |
Xylometazoline |
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| previous identifier |
SCDO:0001254 |
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| rdfs:label |
Xylometazoline |
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