desethylamiodarone

desethylamiodarone

English

Etymology

desmethyl +‎ amiodarone

Noun

desethylamiodarone (uncountable)

1. A metabolite related to amiodarone by removal of one or more ethyl groups
   • 2015 July 26, Liane Rabinowich, Oren Shibolet, “Drug Induced Steatohepatitis: An Uncommon Culprit of a Common Disease”, in BioMed Research International‎, volume 2015, DOI:10.1155/2015/168905:

     Amiodarone and its principal lipophilic metabolite, desethylamiodarone, are highly concentrated in the liver in a manner that appears to be related more closely to the total dose rather than to plasma concentrations.