Portal:Pharmacy and Pharmacology/Did you know
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- ... that medrogestone is a synthetic steroid with activity similar to the natural hormone progesterone, but unlike progesterone, is not transported by transcortin in the blood?
- ... that affilins are proteins that can bind antigens just like antibodies, despite having quite a different structure?
- ... that retigabine is the first anticonvulsant to work by activating the Kv7 family of voltage-gated potassium channels?
- ... that mifamurtide is a drug used against osteosarcoma, a kind of bone cancer diagnosed in only 1,000 persons per year in Europe and the US?
- ... that the new antiretroviral drug apricitabine was invented at a Canadian drug manufacturer, which was bought by the British company Shire plc, who sold the drug's development rights to an Australian company?
- ... that sildenafil, also known as Viagra, was first synthesized in Sandwich, Kent, United Kingdom, and intended for treating hypertension and angina pectoris?
- ... that ibuprofen is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that inhibits prostaglandin synthesis by interacting with the cyclooxygenase system?
- ... that chlordiazepoxide, the first benzodiazepine, was discovered by accident by Leo Sternbach of Hoffman-La Roche?
