"Probenecid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The prototypical uricosuric agent. It inhibits the renal excretion of organic anions and reduces tubular reabsorption of urate. Probenecid has also been used to treat patients with renal impairment, and, because it reduces the renal tubular excretion of other drugs, has been used as an adjunct to antibacterial therapy.
| Descriptor ID |
D011339
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.065.884.625 D02.886.590.700.625
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Pyruvate transport into inside-out vesicles isolated from human erythrocyte membranes. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1977 Jul 14; 468(2):305-17.