#medicinal compound
- Amidazine — An alternative pharmacological term or historical commercial name used to designate a medicinal compound from the class of chemotherapeutic or antitubercular agents, structurally closely related to pyrazinamide derivatives or hydrazides. This therapeutic agent acts by interfering with fatty acid synthesis in the bacterial cell wall, administered in complex clinical regimens to neutralize pathogens resistant to conventional antibiotics.
- Apiole — An organic chemical compound, occurring as an oily liquid or crystalline substance, extracted primarily from the seeds and leaves of parsley (Petroselinum crispum) or celery (Apium graveolens). Historically known as parsley camphor, this phenylpropanoid derivative possesses strong antipyretic and emmenagogue properties, used in the past in strictly controlled doses in traditional medicine, but exhibits high hepatic and renal toxicity in case of overdose.