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parent compound

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noun

Chemistry.
  1. a compound from which derivatives may be obtained.


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Remdesivir’s parent compound GS-441524 was invented around 2009 when Gilead was looking for drugs to treat hepatitis C, according to Gilead.

From Washington Post • May 26, 2020

Remdesivir’s parent compound GS-441524 was invented about 2009 when Gilead was looking for drugs to treat hepatitis C, according to Gilead.

From Seattle Times • May 26, 2020

In the case of AMB-FUBINACA, the chemical in the biological sample from Brooklyn wasn’t the parent compound.

From The Verge • Nov. 8, 2017

The hope is that these molecules will still trigger the same response as the parent compound.

From Nature • Jul. 12, 2016

What nobody on either side considered, though, was the possibility that either Redux or its parent compound fenfluramine might damage heart valves.

From Time Magazine Archive

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