"Sulfasalazine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A drug that is used in the management of inflammatory bowel diseases. Its activity is generally considered to lie in its metabolic breakdown product, 5-aminosalicylic acid (see MESALAMINE) released in the colon. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p907)
| Descriptor ID |
D012460
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.884.730 D02.886.590.700.730
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| Concept/Terms |
Sulfasalazine- Sulfasalazine
- Sulphasalazine
- Salazosulfapyridine
- Salicylazosulfapyridine
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Sulfasalazine" by people in Profiles.
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Yco LP, Geerts D, Mocz G, Koster J, Bachmann AS. Effect of sulfasalazine on human neuroblastoma: analysis of sepiapterin reductase (SPR) as a new therapeutic target. BMC Cancer. 2015 Jun 21; 15:477.