dobesilate

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Noun

dobesilate (countable and uncountable, plural dobesilates)

  1. (organic chemistry) A silicate anion derived from hydroquinone
  2. (medicine) The calcium salt containing this anion that has vasoprotective activity
    • 2015 September 8, Pedro Cuevas et al., “Dramatic resolution of vitreous hemorrhage after an intravitreal injection of dobesilate”, in Military Medical Research‎, volume 2, DOI:10.1186/s40779-015-0050-5:
      The data shown in this report seems support that direct application of dobesilate (a drug with a long history of clinical safety that was recently re-discovered as an FGF inhibitor) could serve as a promising new clinical application to temper the most important pathological effects of vitreous hemorrhages in proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

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