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AMIDE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any organic compound containing the group -CONH2

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("amide" is a kind of...):

organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "amide"):

acetamide; ethanamide (a colorless solid amide of acetic acid used as a solvent and in the synthesis of organic compounds)

acrylamide (a white crystalline amide of propenoic acid can damage the nervous system and is carcinogenic in laboratory animals)

peptide (amide combining the amino group of one amino acid with the carboxyl group of another; usually obtained by partial hydrolysis of protein)

propanamide; proprionamide (the amide of propionic acid (C2H5CONH2))

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The water soluble sodium salt of a small-molecule bis(thio-hydrazide amide) with oxidative stress induction, pro-apoptotic, and potential antineoplastic activities.

(Elesclomol sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

A small-molecule bis(thio-hydrazide amide) with oxidative stress induction, pro-apoptotic, and potential antineoplastic activities.

(Elesclomol, NCI Thesaurus)

The sodium salt form of aprosulate, a synthetic sulfated bis(lactobionic acid amide) derivative and heparin analogue with anticoagulant activity.

(Aprosulate Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Aprosulate is made up of two fully sulfated lactobionic acid moieties with a diamine spacer via two amide bonds.

(Aprosulate, NCI Thesaurus)

A colorless, odorless, crystalline amide that polymerizes rapidly and can form as a byproduct during the heating of starch-rich foods to high temperatures.

(Acrylamide, NCI Thesaurus)

An amide analogue of Trichostatin A studied for potential antineoplastic activity.

(A-65, NCI Thesaurus)

Glutamine is converted to glutamate by glutaminase, or several other enzymes, by the removal of the amide nitrogen.

(Arginine, Histidine, Glutamate, Glutamine, and Proline Degradation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A bicyclic peptide antibiotic with one or more amide bonds replaced by ester bonds.

(Depsipeptide Antineoplastic Antibiotic, NCI Thesaurus)

A quinoline derivative and amino amide with anesthetic activity.

(Dibucaine, NCI Thesaurus)

Compounds containing a four-membered ring with an amide nitrogen and a keto group.

(Beta-Lactam Antibiotic, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)