Definition of Suramin

1. Noun. A drug used to treat onchocerciasis and human sleeping sickness caused by trypanosomes ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Suramin

1. a drug [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suramin

suprised
suprisingly
suproclone
sups
supt.
suq
suqs
sur-
sura
suradanni
suraddition
suradditions
surah
surahs
sural
suramin (current term)
suramins
surance
surances
surangular
suras
surat
surats
surbahar
surbahars
surbase
surbased
surbases
surbasing
surbate

Literary usage of Suramin

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"suramin blocks agonist-growth factor receptor interactions and therefore inhibits PLD ... The effect of suramin was specific for DPV-induced PLD activation, ..."

2. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"suramin (30 to 300 microM) inhibited the ATP-activated current in a dose-dependent manner. ... suramin also suppressed the current activated by adenosine ..."

3. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"... with suramin (BP). These workers found that a single dose of Ethidium ... \vith suramin: moreover, when compounded with suramin comparatively much ..."

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