dosmalfate

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dosmalfate (uncountable)

  1. (pharmacology) A diosmin heptakis (hydrogen sulfate) aluminium complex, a non-systemic cytoprotective drug.
    • 2003, Isabel Villegas, Carmen La Casa, Aurelio Orjales, Catalina Alarcón de la Lastra. Effects of dosmalfate, a new cytoprotective agent, on acute and chronic trinitrobenzene sulphonic acid-induced colitis in rats. European Journal of Pharmacology. Volume 460(2-3). page 210:
      Dosmalfate [...] has been developed and marketed in some countries for therapeutic use in the healing of gastric and duodenal ulcers.