Pharmacologic Substance
enzyme inhibitor
en·zyme in·hib·i·tor [ en-zime in-hih-bih-ter ]
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Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Definitions related to enzyme inhibitors:
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Compounds or agents that combine with an enzyme in such a manner as to prevent the normal substrate-enzyme combination and the catalytic reaction.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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