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Platelet aggregating factor

Medical; Medicine

A phospholipid derivative formed by platelets; basophils; neutrophils; monocytes; and macrophages. It is a potent platelet aggregating agent and inducer of systemic anaphylactic symptoms, including ...

PAF acether

Medical; Medicine

A phospholipid derivative formed by platelets; basophils; neutrophils; monocytes; and macrophages. It is a potent platelet aggregating agent and inducer of systemic anaphylactic symptoms, including ...

1 carboxyglutamic acid

Medical; Medicine

Found in various tissues, particularly in four blood-clotting proteins including prothrombin, in kidney protein, in bone protein, and in the protein present in various ectopic calcifications.

1-beta-D-arabinofuranosyl uracil

Medical; Medicine

A pyrimidine nucleoside formed in the body by the deamination of cytarabine.

1 butylbiguanide

Medical; Medicine

An oral hypoglycemic agent that inhibits gluconeogenesis, increases glycolysis, and decreases glucose oxidation.

Butylbiguanide

Medical; Medicine

An oral hypoglycemic agent that inhibits gluconeogenesis, increases glycolysis, and decreases glucose oxidation.

Buformin

Medical; Medicine

An oral hypoglycemic agent that inhibits gluconeogenesis, increases glycolysis, and decreases glucose oxidation.

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