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aurothioglucose

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aurothioglucose

[‚ȯr·ō‚thī·ə′glü‚kōs]
(pharmacology)
C6H11 AuO5S A compound of gold with thioglucose, used for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis and nondisseminated lupus erythematosus; administered in oil suspension.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
References in periodicals archive
A large body of literature exists on studies of the differential sensitivity of TrxR to gold compounds (i.e.[much greater than] aurothioglucose, aurothiomalate, and auranofin) compared with Gpx and glutathione reductase (Nordberg and Arner 2001).
Use of corticosteroids and aurothioglucose in a pygmy goat with pemphigus foliaceus.
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