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Cimetidine

"Cimetidine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

A histamine congener, it competitively inhibits HISTAMINE binding to HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTORS. Cimetidine has a range of pharmacological actions. It inhibits GASTRIC ACID secretion, as well as PEPSIN and GASTRINS output. It also blocks the activity of CYTOCHROME P-450 which might explain proposals for use in NEOADJUVANT THERAPY.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cimetidine" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Cimetidine" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 25 publications over 16 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 1995 and 1997
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