dobesilate

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Noun

dobesilate (countable and uncountable, plural dobesilates)

1. (organic chemistry) A silicate anion derived from hydroquinone
2. (medicine) The calcium salt containing this anion that has vasoprotective activity
   • 2015 September 8, Pedro Cuevas et al., “Dramatic resolution of vitreous hemorrhage after an intravitreal injection of dobesilate”, in Military Medical Research‎^[1], volume 2, →DOI:

     The data shown in this report seems support that direct application of dobesilate (a drug with a long history of clinical safety that was recently re-discovered as an FGF inhibitor) could serve as a promising new clinical application to temper the most important pathological effects of vitreous hemorrhages in proliferative diabetic retinopathy.

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