See Also: mixed disulfide(medicine)
purging(1)(dictionary)
purging(medicine)
purging(2)(dictionary)
purging cassia(medicine)
bone marrow purging(medicine)
Disulfide(medicine)
tetraethylthiuram disulfide(medicine)
symmetric disulfide(medicine)
lipoamide disulfide(medicine)

purging(1) (iou) and mixed disulfide (medicine)


purging(1) (iou)



purging adjective. M16.
[from PURGE verb + -ING2.]
That purges; esp. purgative, strongly laxative.
purging BUCKTHORN purging flax: see FLAX noun. purging nut (a) (the seed of) the physic-nut, Jatropha curcas, the source of pulza-oil; (b) (the seed of) the tree Croton tiglium, the source of croton oil.

mixed disulfide (medicine)


mixed disulfide
<chemistry> Disulfide which is not symmetric on both sides of the -s-s- linkage; e.g., the disulfide formed between coenzyme A and glutathione or between cysteine and coenzyme A or glutathione.

Synonym: asymmetric disulfide.