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Sulfasalazine

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006139

A drug that is used in the management of inflammatory bowel diseases. Its activity is generally considered to lie in its metabolic breakdown product, 5-aminosalicylic acid released in the colon.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006139
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectAnimals, Livestock, One Health
Synonymssalicylazosulfapyridine; sulphasalazine
ReferencesMedical Subject Headings 2015; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary (CC BY 4.0)
See alsoNonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents; Sulfonamides; Anti-infective agents
TranslationsSpanish: sulfasalazina
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006139",
  "term": "Sulfasalazine",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A drug that is used in the management of inflammatory bowel diseases. Its activity is generally considered to lie in its metabolic breakdown product, 5-aminosalicylic acid released in the colon.",
  "synonyms": [
    "salicylazosulfapyridine",
    "sulphasalazine"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents",
    "sulfonamides",
    "anti-infective agents"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2015",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "sulfasalazina"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/sulfasalazine/"
}

Record 6,047 of 6,798 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.