dihydropyrimidine

English

Etymology

From di- +‎ hydro- +‎ pyrimidine.

Noun

dihydropyrimidine (countable and uncountable, plural dihydropyrimidines)

1. (organic chemistry) A heterocycle formed from pyrimidine by the addition of two hydrogen atoms across a double bond
   • 2015 July 26, Liane Rabinowich, Oren Shibolet, “Drug Induced Steatohepatitis: An Uncommon Culprit of a Common Disease”, in BioMed Research International‎^[1], volume 2015, →DOI:

     Predisposition to the development of steatosis may be associated with individual patient expression of genes involved in 5-FU metabolism, such as low level of dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) mRNA expression.

Derived terms

• dihydropyrimidinase
• dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase