Rioprostil
"Rioprostil" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A synthetic methylprostaglandin E1 analog that reduces gastric acid secretion and enhances the gastric mucus-bicarbonate barrier. It is effective in the therapy of gastric ulcers and gives significant protection against NSAID-induced gastric mucosal damage. The drug also prevents cyclosporin A-induced damage to endocrine and exocrine pancreatic secretions. It shows a low order of acute toxicity and there is no evidence of embryotoxicity, fetotoxicity, teratogenicity, or mutagenicity in animal studies.
| Descriptor ID |
D016630
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D10.251.355.255.550.700.450.750 D23.469.700.660.750
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