dihydropyrimidine

noun

A heterocycle formed from pyrimidine by the addition of two hydrogen atoms across a double bond

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Meanings

noundihydropyrimidine (countable and uncountable, plural dihydropyrimidines)

plural dihydropyrimidines

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA heterocycle formed from pyrimidine by the addition of two hydrogen atoms across a double bond

    Predisposition to the development of steatosis may be associated with individual patient expression of genes involved in 5-FU metabolism, such as low level of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) mRNA expression.

    2015 July 26, Liane Rabinowich, Oren Shibolet, “Drug Induced Steatohepatitis: An Uncommon Culprit of a Common Disease”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI

Origin

From di- + hydro- + pyrimidine.

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