SELEGILINE

Domain	Definition
Health	A selective, irreversible inhibitor of Type B monoamine oxidase. It is used in newly diagnosed patients with Parkinson's disease. It may slow progression of the clinical disease and delay the requirement for levodopa therapy. It also may be given with levodopa upon onset of disability. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p385) The compound without isomeric designation is Deprenyl. (references)
Medicine	Substance that blocks the breakdown of dopamine, thus preserving its availability in the striatum. Source: European Union. (references)
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Commercial Usage: SELEGILINE

Domain	Title
Books	Mao-B-Inhibitor Selegiline (R-) (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: SELEGILINE

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		When selegiline is given with levodopa, it appears to enhance and prolong the response to levodopa and thus may reduce wearing-off fluctuations. (references)
		For instance, it was from animal studies that researchers discovered that the drug selegiline can prevent the toxic effects of MPTP. This discovery helped spark interest in studying selegiline as a preventive treatment in humans. (references)
		Selegiline inhibits the activity of the enzyme monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B), the enzyme that metabolizes dopamine in the brain, delaying the breakdown of naturally occurring dopamine and of dopamine formed from levodopa and also provides mild symptomatic relief from parkinsonism in-and-of itself. (references)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: SELEGILINE

Modern Translation: SELEGILINE

Language		Translations for "SELEGILINE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		selegilin. (various references)

Dutch		selegiline. (various references)

Finnish		selegiliini. (various references)

French		sélégiline, L-déprényl. (various references)

German		Selegilin (deprenyl), L-Deprenyl (deprenyl). (various references)

Italian		selegilina (deprenyl). (various references)

Pig Latin		elegilinesay

Portuguese		selegilina. (various references)

Spanish		selegilina (deprenyl), deprenilo (deprenyl). (various references)

Swedish		selegilin. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: SELEGILINE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-e-e-g-i-i-l-l-n-s"
	-3 letters: elegies, elegise, gillies, nellies, seeling, selling.
	-4 letters: enisle, ensile, gelees, genies, gillie, ingles, isling, lieges, lilies, nellie, nielli, seeing, senile, signee, sileni, single.
	-5 letters: geese, gelee, genes, genie, genii, gills, glees, glens, ingle, leges, lenes, lenis, lense, liege, liens, lines, lings, lisle, nills, nisei, segni, seine, selle, sengi, siege, sigil, singe, sling, snell.
	Words containing the letters "e-e-e-g-i-i-l-l-n-s"
	+3 letters: intelligences.
	+4 letters: belligerencies, intelligencers, vitellogenesis.
	+5 letters: allergenicities.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
selegiline	49
deprenyl l selegiline	5
patch selegiline	3
depression selegiline	2
eldepryl selegiline	2
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Specialty Definition: SELEGILINE