parent compound
Americannoun
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Remdesivir’s parent compound GS-441524 was invented around 2009 when Gilead was looking for drugs to treat hepatitis C, according to Gilead.
From Washington Post • May 26, 2020
Remdesivir’s parent compound GS-441524 was invented about 2009 when Gilead was looking for drugs to treat hepatitis C, according to Gilead.
From Seattle Times • May 26, 2020
In the case of AMB-FUBINACA, the chemical in the biological sample from Brooklyn wasn’t the parent compound.
From The Verge • Nov. 8, 2017
The hope is that these molecules will still trigger the same response as the parent compound.
From Nature • Jul. 12, 2016
What nobody on either side considered, though, was the possibility that either Redux or its parent compound fenfluramine might damage heart valves.
From Time Magazine Archive
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