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  • Antimicrobial

    A substance that destroys or inhibits growth of disease-causing bacteria, viruses, fungi and other microorganisms. Substance that inhibits or kills microorganisms. Killing microorganisms, or suppressing their multiplication or growth. A compound which inhibits the growth of a microbe. Destroying or inhibiting the growth of microorganisms. An agent that kills or inhibits microorganisms. An agent that…

  • Antimelanogenesis

    Obstruct production of melanin.  

  • Antimalarial

    An agent used to treat malaria and/or kill the malaria-causing organism, Plasmodium spp. An agent that prevents or treat the disease malaria caused by the Plasmodium parasite. Drug used to treat malaria and in malarial prophylaxis. To destruction or suppression of the causes and carriers of malaria. N. drug used to prevent and treat malaria.…

  • Antileukaemic

    Anticancer drugs that are used to treat leukemia.  

  • Antilithiatic

    An agent that reduces or suppresses urinary calculi (stones) and acts to dissolve those already present.  

  • Antileprotic

    Therapeutically effective against leprosy.  

  • Antileishmanial

    Inhibiting the growth and proliferation of Leishmania a genus of flagellate protozoans that are parasitic in the tissues of vertebrates. Directed or effective against leishmania, a parasitic protozoan that causes leishmaniasis.  

  • Antiinflammatory

    A substance used to reduce or prevent inflammation.  

  • Antihypertensive

    A drug used in medicine and pharmacology to treat hypertension (high blood pressure). Substance that lowers blood pressure. Drug, diet, or other treatment used to treat hypertension (high blood pressure). An agent that controls high blood pressure. A substance that reduces high blood pressure. A drug that decreases blood pressure. Acting to reduce blood pressure.…

  • Antihypersensitive

    A substance used to treat excessive reactivity to any stimuli.  

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