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English
Etymology
From di- + hydro- + pyrimidine.
Noun
dihydropyrimidine (countable and uncountable, plural dihydropyrimidines)
- (organic chemistry) A heterocycle formed from pyrimidine by the addition of two hydrogen atoms across a double bond
2015 July 26, Liane Rabinowich, Oren Shibolet, “Drug Induced Steatohepatitis: An Uncommon Culprit of a Common Disease”, in BioMed Research International, volume 2015, →DOI:Predisposition to the development of steatosis may be associated with individual patient expression of genes involved in 5-FU metabolism, such as low level of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) mRNA expression.
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