prontosil
English
Noun
prontosil (uncountable)
- (medicine) An antibacterial drug 4-[(2,4-diaminophenyl)azo]benzenesulfonamide
- 2015 July 25, Mengxiao Gu et al., “Response of a clinical Escherichia coli strain to repeated cefquinome exposure in a piglet tissue-cage model”, in BMC Veterinary Research, volume 11, DOI: :
- Since 1935 when Domagk demonstrated that prontosil provided effective therapy in a murine pneumococcal infection model, the use of animal infection models has become an integral part of the evaluation of new antimicrobial agents and new therapeutic approaches for clinical trials in humans.
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