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Santonin

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Santonin is a drug which was widely used in the past as an anthelminthic, a drug that expels parasitic worms (helminths) by paralyzing them, which allows them to be passed out of the body. [1]

48 relations: Absinthe, Acetic acid, Alcohol, Alkali, Anthelmintic, Aphasia, Artemisia (genus), Artemisia chamaemelifolia, Artemisia cina, Artemisia maritima, Ascaricide, Ascarididae, Ascaris lumbricoides, Biosynthesis, Carboxylic acid, Castor oil, Cestoda, Chloroform, Dextrorotation and levorotation, Drug, Edmund Rose, Ester, Ethyl group, Farnesyl pyrophosphate, Germacrene, Helminths, Hydrolysis, Hydroxylation, Laxative, Litmus, Mebendazole, Nematode, Parasitism, Parthenolide, Pharmacopoeia, Potassium hydroxide, Pseudanthium, Redox, Salt, Santonic acid, Strongyloides stercoralis, Sublimation (phase transition), Thujone, Toxicity, Turkmenistan, Visual impairment, Worm, Xanthopsia.

Absinthe

Absinthe is historically described as a distilled, highly alcoholic (45–74% ABV / 90–148 U.S. proof) beverage.

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Acetic acid

Acetic acid, systematically named ethanoic acid, is a colourless liquid organic compound with the chemical formula CH3COOH (also written as CH3CO2H or C2H4O2).

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Alcohol

In chemistry, an alcohol is any organic compound in which the hydroxyl functional group (–OH) is bound to a carbon.

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Alkali

In chemistry, an alkali (from Arabic: al-qaly “ashes of the saltwort”) is a basic, ionic salt of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal chemical element.

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Anthelmintic

Anthelmintics or antihelminthics are a group of antiparasitic drugs that expel parasitic worms (helminths) and other internal parasites from the body by either stunning or killing them and without causing significant damage to the host.

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Aphasia

Aphasia is an inability to comprehend and formulate language because of damage to specific brain regions.

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Artemisia (genus)

Artemisia is a large, diverse genus of plants with between 200 and 400 species belonging to the daisy family Asteraceae.

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Artemisia chamaemelifolia

Artemisia chamaemelifolia is a European and Middle Eastern species of plant in the daisy family.

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Artemisia cina

Artemisia cina, commonly known as santonica (zahr el shieh el -khorasani), Levant wormseed, and wormseed, is an Asian species of herbaceous perennial in the daisy family.

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Artemisia maritima

Artemisia maritima is a European species of wormwood known as sea wormwood and old woman.

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Ascaricide

Ascaricides are drugs to treat ascariasis that is caused by infections with parasitic nematodes (roundworms) of the genus Ascaris (giant intestinal roundworms).

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Ascarididae

The Ascarididae are a family of the large intestinal roundworms.

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Ascaris lumbricoides

Ascaris lumbricoides is the "large roundworm" of humans, growing to a length of up to.

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Biosynthesis

Biosynthesis (also called anabolism) is a multi-step, enzyme-catalyzed process where substrates are converted into more complex products in living organisms.

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Carboxylic acid

A carboxylic acid is an organic compound that contains a carboxyl group (C(.

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Castor oil

Castor oil is a vegetable oil obtained by pressing the seeds of the castor oil plant (Ricinus communis).

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Cestoda

Cestoda is a class of parasitic worms in the flatworm (Platyhelminthes) phylum, commonly known as tapeworms.

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Chloroform

Chloroform, or trichloromethane, is an organic compound with formula CHCl3.

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Dextrorotation and levorotation

Dextrorotation and levorotation (also spelled as laevorotation)The first word component dextro- comes from Latin word for dexter "right (as opposed to left)".

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Drug

A drug is any substance (other than food that provides nutritional support) that, when inhaled, injected, smoked, consumed, absorbed via a patch on the skin, or dissolved under the tongue causes a temporary physiological (and often psychological) change in the body.

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Edmund Rose

Edmund Rose (October 10, 1836 – May 31, 1914) was a German surgeon who was a native of Berlin.

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Ester

In chemistry, an ester is a chemical compound derived from an acid (organic or inorganic) in which at least one –OH (hydroxyl) group is replaced by an –O–alkyl (alkoxy) group.

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Ethyl group

In chemistry, an ethyl group is an alkyl substituent derived from ethane (C2H6).

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Farnesyl pyrophosphate

Farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP), also known as farnesyl diphosphate (FDP), is an intermediate in both the mevalonate and non-mevalonate pathways used by organisms in the biosynthesis of terpenes, terpenoids, and sterols.

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Germacrene

Germacrenes are a class of volatile organic hydrocarbons, specifically, sesquiterpenes.

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Helminths

Helminths, also commonly known as parasitic worms, are large multicellular parasites, which can generally be seen with the naked eye when they are mature.

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Hydrolysis

Hydrolysis is a term used for both an electro-chemical process and a biological one.

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Hydroxylation

Hydroxylation is a chemical process that introduces a hydroxyl group (-OH) into an organic compound.

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Laxative

Laxatives, purgatives, or aperients are substances that loosen stools and increase bowel movements.

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Litmus

Litmus is a water-soluble mixture of different dyes extracted from lichens.

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Mebendazole

Mebendazole (MBZ) is a medication used to treat a number of parasitic worm infestations.

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Nematode

The nematodes or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda (also called Nemathelminthes).

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Parasitism

In evolutionary biology, parasitism is a relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or in another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life.

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Parthenolide

Parthenolide is a sesquiterpene lactone of the germacranolide class which occurs naturally in the plant feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium), after which it is named.

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Pharmacopoeia

A pharmacopoeia, pharmacopeia, or pharmacopoea (literally, “drug-making”), in its modern technical sense, is a book containing directions for the identification of compound medicines, and published by the authority of a government or a medical or pharmaceutical society.

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Potassium hydroxide

Potassium hydroxide is an inorganic compound with the formula KOH, and is commonly called caustic potash.

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Pseudanthium

A pseudanthium (Greek for "false flower"), also called a flower head or composite flower, is a special type of inflorescence, in which anything from a small cluster to hundreds or sometimes thousands of flowers are grouped together to form a single flower-like structure.

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Redox

Redox (short for reduction–oxidation reaction) (pronunciation: or) is a chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of atoms are changed.

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Salt

Salt, table salt or common salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in its natural form as a crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite.

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Santonic acid

Santonic acid is an organic compound containing both carboxylic acid and ketone functionality.

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Strongyloides stercoralis

Strongyloides stercoralis is a human pathogenic parasitic roundworm causing the disease strongyloidiasis.

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Sublimation (phase transition)

Sublimation is the transition of a substance directly from the solid to the gas phase, without passing through the intermediate liquid phase.

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Thujone

No description.

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Toxicity

Toxicity is the degree to which a chemical substance or a particular mixture of substances can damage an organism.

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Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan (or; Türkmenistan), (formerly known as Turkmenia) is a sovereign state in Central Asia, bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north and east, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest, and the Caspian Sea to the west.

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Visual impairment

Visual impairment, also known as vision impairment or vision loss, is a decreased ability to see to a degree that causes problems not fixable by usual means, such as glasses.

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Worm

Worms are many different distantly related animals that typically have a long cylindrical tube-like body and no limbs.

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Xanthopsia

Xanthopsia is a color vision deficiency in which there is a predominance of yellow in vision due to a yellowing of the optical media of the eye.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santonin

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