amidopyrine

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Noun1.amidopyrine - a white crystalline substance used as an analgesic and antipyretic
analgesic, anodyne, pain pill, painkiller - a medicine used to relieve pain
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Further modifications of the antipyrine molecule aiming at improving its analgesic and antipyretic properties gave origin to various pharmaceuticals, such as aminophenazone (aminopiryne or amidopyrine), propyphenazone, dipyrone (metamizole), and phenylbutazone (1).
Ea significantly counteracted C[Cl.sub.4]-induced inhibition of the hepatic microsomal drug metabolising enzyme amidopyrine N-demethylase and membrane bound glucose 6-phosphatase but failed to reverse the very high degree of inhibition of another drug metabolising enzyme aniline hydroxylase.
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