CANTHARIDIN
\kˈanθɑːɹˌɪdɪn], \kˈanθɑːɹˌɪdɪn], \k_ˈa_n_θ_ɑː_ɹ_ˌɪ_d_ɪ_n]\
Definitions of CANTHARIDIN
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms (6th edition)
- 1900 - A dictionary of medicine and the allied sciences
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.
By Oddity Software
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The active principle of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.
By Noah Webster.
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A toxic compound, isolated from the Spanish fly or blistering beetle (Lytta (Cantharis) vesicatoria) and other insects. It is a potent and specific inhibitor of protein phosphatases 1 (PP1) and 2A (PP2A). This compound can produce severe skin inflammation, and is extremely toxic if ingested orally.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
By J.H. Kenneth
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The vesicating principle of enntharides; a crystalline substance, C10H12O4. Given in lupus, tuberculosis, and cystitis.
By Alexander Duane
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Crystalline active principle, C20H24O8, from cantharides.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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