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IMIDAZOLE RING [3 records]

Record 1 2012-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
DEF

Any of the derivatives of imidazole, a colourless, crystalline, heterocyclic compound consisting of the five-membered ring NHyCHzCHzCH.

OBS

imidazole: This word is used to designate both the compound and the derivatives of the compound.

CONT

Derivatives obtained by displacing a CH group in these by N are designated imidazole = C3H3(NH)N, oxazole = C3H3(O)N, and thiazole = C3H3(S)N respectively.

CONT

Certain imidazole derivatives ... exert actions similar in some respects to the sympathetic amines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
CONT

L'imidazole est un hétérocycle très fréquemment rencontré dans les composés naturels, soit sous forme monocyclique (histidine), soit sous forme polycyclique (purines, benzimidazoles). Les hydantoïnes, qui ont des emplois comme hypnotiques, sont aussi des dérivés de l'imidazole. Toute une série de médicaments antifongiques utilisés par voie locale dans le traitement des mycoses cutanées sont des dérivés de l'imidazole.

OBS

imidazoline : terme générique désuet pour désigner les dérivés dihydrogénés de l'imidazole, par exemple 2,5-dihydroimidazole.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Biotechnology
DEF

A crystalline base... composed of a pyrimidine ring fused with an imidazole ring...

CONT

The caffeine is closely related to a variety of chemicals: purines (a major constituent of the DNA) ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Biotechnologie
DEF

Substance azotée basique dont la structure comporte deux chaînes fermées (l'une à 5, l'autre à 6 atomes).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Biotecnología
DEF

Sólido cristalino incoloro soluble en agua, alcohol y tolueno, ligeramente soluble en éter.

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Record 3 1983-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacologie
OBS

Voir source pour contexte.

Spanish

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