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ECTO
Environmental Conditions, Treatments and Exposures Ontology (ECTO)
OWL
Last submission date April 10, 2024
ID http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_35475
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_35475
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Preferred name

non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug

Synonyms

non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs

Definitions

An anti-inflammatory drug that is not a steroid. In addition to anti-inflammatory actions, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs have analgesic, antipyretic, and platelet-inhibitory actions. They act by blocking the synthesis of prostaglandins by inhibiting cyclooxygenase, which converts arachidonic acid to cyclic endoperoxides, precursors of prostaglandins.

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