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• Fibrin Modulating Agents  (61)

• Fibrinolytic Agents  (57) • Fibrinolysin or agents that convert plasminogen to FIBRINOLYSIN.

• Filaricides  (8) • Pharmacological agents destructive to nematodes in the superfamily Filarioidea.

• Fireproofing Agents  (0) see Flame Retardants

• Fixatives  (9) • Agents employed in the preparation of histologic or pathologic specimens for the purpose of maintaining the existing form and structure of all of the constituent elements. Great numbers of different agents are used; some are also decalcifying and hardening agents. They must quickly kill and coagulate living tissue.

• Flame Retardants  (4) • Materials applied to fabrics, bedding, furniture, plastics, etc. to retard their burning; many may leach out and cause allergies or other harm.

• Flavoring Agents  (26) • Substances added to foods and medicine to improve the quality of taste.

• Fluorescent Dyes  (160) • Agents that emit light after excitation by light. The wave length of the emitted light is usually longer than that of the incident light. Fluorochromes are substances that cause fluorescence in other substances, i.e., dyes used to mark or label other compounds with fluorescent tags.

• Fluorescent Probes  (0) see Fluorescent Dyes

• Fluorochromes  (0) see Fluorescent Dyes

• Fluorogenic Substrate  (0) see Fluorescent Dyes

• Foam Retardants  (0) see Antifoaming Agents

• Folic Acid Antagonists  (35) • Inhibitors of the enzyme, dihydrofolate reductase (TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE), which converts dihydrofolate (FH2) to tetrahydrofolate (FH4). They are frequently used in cancer chemotherapy. (From AMA, Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p2033)

• Folic Acid Metabolism Inhibitors  (0) see Folic Acid Antagonists

• Food Additives  (50) • Substances which are of little or no nutritive value, but are used in the processing or storage of foods or animal feed, especially in the developed countries; includes ANTIOXIDANTS; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; FLAVORING AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS (both plain and LOCAL); VEHICLES; EXCIPIENTS and other similarly used substances. Many of the same substances are PHARMACEUTIC AIDS when added to pharmaceuticals rather than to foods.

• Food Coloring Agents  (6) • Natural or synthetic dyes used as coloring agents in processed foods.

• Food Preservatives  (10) • Substances capable of inhibiting, retarding or arresting the process of fermentation, acidification or other deterioration of foods.

• Free Radical Scavengers  (29) • Substances that influence the course of a chemical reaction by ready combination with free radicals. Among other effects, this combining activity protects pancreatic islets against damage by cytokines and prevents myocardial and pulmonary perfusion injuries.

• Full Opioid Agonists  (0) see Analgesics, Opioid

• Fungicides, Industrial  (75) • Chemicals that kill or inhibit the growth of fungi in agricultural applications, on wood, plastics, or other materials, in swimming pools, etc.

Drug Category Names, Results, and Descriptions

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