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Meaning of "prodrug" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PRODRUG

prodrug  [ˈprəʊˌdrʌɡ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRODRUG

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Prodrug is a noun.
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WHAT DOES PRODRUG MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Prodrug

A prodrug is a medication that is administered in an inactive or less than fully active form, and then it becomes converted to its active form through a normal metabolic process, such as hydrolysis of an ester form of the drug. A prodrug is a precursor chemical compound of a drug. Instead of administering a drug, a prodrug might be used instead to improve how a medicine is absorbed, distributed, metabolized, and excreted. Prodrugs are often designed to improve bioavailability when a drug itself is poorly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract. A prodrug may be used to improve how selectively the drug interacts with cells or processes that are not its intended target. This reduces adverse or unintended effects of a drug, especially important in treatments like chemotherapy, which can have severe unintended and undesirable side effects. IUPAC definition Compound that undergoes biotransformation before exhibiting pharmacological effects. Note 1: Modified from ref.

Definition of prodrug in the English dictionary

The definition of prodrug in the dictionary is a compound that is itself biologically inactive but is metabolized in the body to produce an active therapeutic drug.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRODRUG


antidrug
ˌæntɪˈdrʌɡ
bedrug
bɪˈdrʌɡ
drug
drʌɡ
multidrug
ˈmʌltɪˌdrʌɡ
nondrug
ˌnɒnˈdrʌɡ
rug
rʌɡ
shrug
ʃrʌɡ
sprug
sprʌɡ
trug
trʌɡ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRODRUG

prodigiousness
prodigy
proditor
proditorious
proditory
prodnose
prodromal
prodromata
prodrome
prodromic
produce
producement
producer
producer gas
producer goods
producer´s goods
producibility
producible
product
product acceptance

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRODRUG

anticancer drug
class A drug
class B drug
class C drug
controlled drug
designer drug
ethical drug
fertility drug
gateway drug
generic drug
hard drug
miracle drug
performance-enhancing drug
poly-drug
recreational drug
smart drug
soft drug
sulfa drug
truth drug
wonder drug

Synonyms and antonyms of prodrug in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prodrug» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRODRUG

Find out the translation of prodrug to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of prodrug from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prodrug» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

前体药物
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

profármaco
570 millions of speakers

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prodrug
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रोड्रग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

دواء مساعد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пролекарство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pró-droga
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

prodrug
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

promédicament
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Prodrug
190 millions of speakers

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Prodrug
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

プロドラッグ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

전구 약물
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prodrug
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tiền chất
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ப்ரோடிரக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रॉडग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ön-ilacı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

profarmaco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

prolekiem
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пролекарство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

precursor
30 millions of speakers
el

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προφάρμακο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

prodrug
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prodrug
10 millions of speakers
no

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prodrug
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prodrug

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRODRUG»

Discover the use of prodrug in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prodrug and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Hydrolysis in Drug and Prodrug Metabolism
Bernard Testa’s fundamental knowledge of this field and his commitment to clear conceptualization and precise language make this book, sadly delayed by the untimely death of Joachim Moyer, another important addition to his contributions ...
Bernard Testa, Joachim M. Mayer, 2003
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Application of Peptide-Based Prodrug Chemistry in Drug ...
This is because it stimulates insulin only when the blood glucose level is high thereby reducing the risk of hypoglycemia (a significant disadvantage of using insulin is that an insulin overdose is the single most potent cause of life ...
Arnab De, 2012
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Prodrugs: challenges and rewards. P. 1
oral prodrug delivery is that there are multiple barriers, or potential sites of metabolism, in series. It is not unusual that a prodrug does not completely pass through the intestines and liver intact, because the intestines and liver generally have ...
Valentino J. Stella, 2007
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Engineering an All Human Component Antibody Enzyme Prodrug ...
We have successfully developed an ADEPT that is comprised of all human components (hDM-C6MH3B1). hDM, unlike the wild type enzyme is capable of cleaving the relatively non-toxic F-dAdo to its cytotoxic metabolite F-Ade, causing tumor cell ...
Sepideh Afshar, 2009
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Current Pharmaceutical Design
One approach which may allow further substantial improvements in the efficacy of cancer chemotherapy, especially against the common solid tumors, is the selective activation of prodrug forms of antiproliferative agents. Prodrugs can be ...
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Preclinical Development Handbook: ADME and Biopharmaceutical ...
Although there is no universal definition for a prodrug itself, and the definition may vary, generally prodrugs can be defined as pharmacologically inert chemical derivatives that can be converted in vivo to active drug molecules, enzymatically or ...
Shayne Cox Gad, 2008
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Hypoxia Inducible Factor- Targeted Anticancer Prodrug
3. SPECIFIC. AIMS. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States. The treatments include chemotherapy, often used in combination with surgery and radiation therapy. The ultimate success of chemotherapy is limited by the ...
Yang Wang, 2007
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Drug Discovery Handbook
17.5 PHARMACEUTICAL APPLICATIONS OF THE PRODRUG STRATEGY 752 Improved Drug Absorption 752 Improved Aqueous Solubility 766 Prolonged Duration of Action 769 Improved Drug Targeting 770 Improved Formulation and ...
Shayne Cox Gad, 2005
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Current Pharmaceutical Design
were 1680-fold and 60-fold higher than their corresponding parent peptides, respectively [120,121]. A Coumarin-based Esterase-sensitive Prodrug System Recently, our laboratory has developed a novel coumarin- based prodrug system for ...
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Optimizing the "Drug-Like" Properties of Leads in Drug Discovery
Parenteral formulations of poorly soluble drugs can present some unique challenges to prodrug scientists. First, solubilities greater than 10 mg/ml are often needed, thus for truly poorly soluble parent drugs, orders of magnitude increases in ...
Ronald Borchardt, Edward Kerns, Michael Hageman, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRODRUG»

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Pharmacyte Biotech Inc (OTCMKTS:PMCB) Updates On Second …
Pharmacyte's treatment administers low dosage of the prodrug ifosfamide along with Cell-in-a-Box® capsules. These unique capsules contain ... «Journal Transcript, Jul 15»
2
Celator® Pharmaceuticals to Present on Fixed-Ratio …
... docetaxel prodrug nanoparticle formulation), being studied by the National Cancer Institute's Nanotechnology Characterization Laboratory. «PR Newswire, Jul 15»
3
Vistagen Therapeutics's "Buy" Rating Reiterated at Chardan Capital …
AV-101 is an orally-available, non-sedating, prodrug candidate for neurological diseases. Receive News & Ratings for Vistagen Therapeutics Daily - Enter your ... «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»
4
Company Shares of Threshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Drops by -5.66%
The Companys hypoxia activated prodrug product candidates, including TH-302, are designed to specifically target the hypoxic microenvironment of tumors by ... «OTC Outlook, Jul 15»
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Ascendis Pharma A/S's Lock-Up Period To End Tomorrow …
The Company is engaged in applying its TransCon technology to develop a pipeline of long-acting prodrug therapies that address markets with ... «Mideast Time, Jul 15»
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KemPharm Receives Consensus Recommendation of "Strong Buy …
The Company, through its Ligand Activated Therapy (LAT) platform technology, creates NME prodrug product candidates. The Company's NME prodrug product ... «Dakota Financial News, Jul 15»
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Celgene May Also Want to Take Notice of PharmaCyte Biotech
The encapsulation technology is made up of genetically modified live cells that are capable of activating a chemotherapy prodrug in the case of ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
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Basilea announces that CHMP recommends approval of …
Isavuconazole is an azole antifungal and the active agent of the prodrug isavuconazonium sulfate. Basilea is co-developing the drug with ... «Benzinga, Jul 15»
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Insmed Downgraded by Zacks (INSM)
Insmed is also focused on the development of INS1009, the company's inhaled treprostinil prodrug for the treatment of pulmonary arterial ... «WKRB News, Jul 15»
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Prodrug Delivers Estrogen Just To The Brain
Estrogen levels drop in the brains of women who have gone through menopause or had surgeries to remove their ovaries. This hormone ... «The Biological SCENE, Jul 15»

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