Polyanhydrides
"Polyanhydrides" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Anhydride polymers with a repeating structure of RC(=O)OC(=O)R. They readily hydrolyze in water making them useful for DELAYED-ACTION PREPARATIONS.
| Descriptor ID |
D049388
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.113.650 D05.750.725
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