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Crowfoot, Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects

Crowfoot/Ranunculus bulbosus commonly known as St. Anthony's turnip[rx] or bulbous buttercup is a perennial member of the buttercup family. It has attractive yellow flowers, and deeply divided, three-lobed long-petioled basal leaves.…

Cultural Exoticization

Cultural exoticization is a complex phenomenon that occurs when individuals or societies romanticize or sensationalize aspects of a culture different from their own. It…

Custard Apple Fruits; Nutritional Value, Health Benefits

Custard apple fruits is the fruit of Annona squamosa or Annona asiatica, which belongs to the genus Annona and family Annonaceae.[1] Custard apple is cultivated throughout India and is commonly known…

Cymbopogon Citratus – Nutritional Value, Health Benefits

Cymbopogon Citratus/Tanglad is an herb popular for its citrus flavor with a trace of ginger. Tanglad is widely used in cooking served to spice…

Cytarabine – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions

Cytarabine is a cytosine analogue and antineoplastic agent used largely in the therapy of acute leukemia. Cytarabine is associated with a low rate of transient serum…

Dactinomycin – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interaction

Dactinomycin is an intravenously administered, antineoplastic antibiotic that is used in the treatment of solid tumors in children and choriocarcinoma in adult women. In…

Dactinomycin – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interaction

Dactinomycin is an intravenously administered, antineoplastic antibiotic that is used in the treatment of solid tumors in children and choriocarcinoma in adult women. In…

DADPS – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions

DADPS/Dapsone is a synthetic derivative of diamino-sulfone with anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties. As a structural analog of p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), dapsone inhibits dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS), an enzyme important…

Daflon – Uses, Dosage , Side Effects

Daflon/Diosmin is a disaccharide derivative that consists of diosmetin substituted by a 6-O-(alpha-L-rhamnopyranosyl)-beta-D-glucopyranosyl moiety at position 7 via a glycosidic linkage. It has a role…

Dapagliflozin; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Drug Interactions

Dapagliflozin is a selective sodium-glucose co-transporter subtype 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor with antihyperglycemic activity. Dapagliflozin selectively and potently inhibits SGLT2 compared to SGLT1, which is the cotransporter of glucose in…

Daphne Mezereum; Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects

Daphne mezereum commonly known as February daphne, mezereon,[rx] mezereum, spurge laurel or spurge olive,[rx] is a species of Daphne in the flowering plant family Thymelaeaceae, native to most of Europe and Western Asia, north to northern Scandinavia and Russia. In southern Europe, it…

Dapsona – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions

Dapsona/Dapsone is a synthetic derivative of diamino-sulfone with anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties. As a structural analog of p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), dapsone inhibits dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS), an enzyme important…

Dapsone 5% Tropical Gel – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects

Dapsone 5% Tropical Gel /Dapsone is a synthetic derivative of diamino-sulfone with anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties. As a structural analog of p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), dapsone inhibits dihydropteroate synthase…

Dapsone 5% Tropical Gel – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects

Dapsone 5% Tropical Gel/Dapsone is a synthetic derivative of diamino-sulfone with anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties. As a structural analog of p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), dapsone inhibits dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS),…

Dapsone Gel – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions

Dapsone Gel/Dapsone is a synthetic derivative of diamino-sulfone with anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties. As a structural analog of p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), dapsone inhibits dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS), an enzyme…

Dapsone – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions

Dapsone is a synthetic derivative of diamino-sulfone with anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties. As a structural analog of p-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), dapsone inhibits dihydropteroate synthase (DHPS), an enzyme important…

Daratumumab – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interaction

Daratumumab is a CD38-directed cytolytic antibody used alone or as an adjunct drug in the treatment of multiple myeloma and light-chain amyloidosis. Daratumumab is…

Darolutamide – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interaction

Darolutamide is a formulation containing an androgen receptor (AR) antagonist with potential antineoplastic activity. Darolutamide binds to ARs in target tissues; subsequently, inhibiting androgen-induced…

Datura Stramonium – Uses/ Indications, Dosage, Side Effects

Datura stramonium (D. stramonium) is one of the widely well-known folklore medicinal herbs. The troublesome weed, D. stramonium is a plant with both poisonous and medicinal properties…

Daunorubicin Hydrochloride – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interaction

Daunorubicin is an anthracycline antibiotic that has antineoplastic activity and is used in the therapy of acute leukemia and AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma. Daunorubicin is…

Daunorubicin; Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interactions

Daunorubicin is a very toxic anthracycline aminoglycoside antineoplastic isolated from Streptomyces peucetius and others, used in the treatment of LEUKEMIA and other NEOPLASMS. Daunorubicin…

Decitabine Mesylate – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interaction

Decitabine is a Nucleoside Metabolic Inhibitor. The mechanism of action of decitabine is as a Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitor. Decitabine is a cytosine analog…

Decitabine – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interaction

Decitabine is a Nucleoside Metabolic Inhibitor. The mechanism of action of decitabine is as a Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitor. Decitabine is a cytosine analog…

Defibrotide – Uses, Dosage, Side Effects, Interaction

Defibrotide is a mixture of single-stranded oligodeoxyribonucleotides derived from the intestinal mucosa of pigs, with anti-thrombotic, thrombolytic, and fibrinolytic activities. Upon administration, and although…

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