Sickle Cell Disease Ontology Project

Drug

http://scdontology.h3abionet.org/ontology/SCDO_1000200

Any substance which when absorbed into a living organism may modify one or more of its functions. The term is generally accepted for a substance taken for a therapeutic purpose, but is also commonly used for abused substances.

Term info

created by

Jade Hotchkiss

creation date

2018-09-06T17:06:03.972Z

curator note

Add sub-class "Iron Chelator" with sub-classes "Deferoxamine" and "Deferiprone" (see wikipedia page for "Beta Thalassemia"...mentions how they're used to treat beta thalassemia major). Also add "Deferoxamine" and "Deferiprone" below "Iron Chelation Therapy".

definition source

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_23888

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