Definition of "oltipraz" []

• 4-methyl-5-(2-pyrazinyl)-3-dithiolethione, a schistosomicide drug also used in tumour prevention. (noun)

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• "Although it is unknown whether or not the strong side effects observed in clinical trials of oltipraz in cancer chemoprevention"
• "Surprisingly, the levels of these free radicals in cardiomyocytes treated with oltipraz were even higher than that treated with angiotensin II, a most important factor in the pathogenesis of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy"
• "[42] is caused by the unexpected pro-oxidative effect of oltipraz, clearly the ability of oltipraz to treat cardiovascular diseases seems to be limited."