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Furan vs Ranitidine - What's the difference?

furan | ranitidine |

As nouns the difference between furan and ranitidine

is that furan is (organic chemistry) any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and an oxygen atom; especially the simplest one, c4h4o while ranitidine is (pharmacology) a furan which blocks the histamine h2-receptors, to prevent the secretion of gastric acid.

furan

English

(wikipedia furan)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any of a class of aromatic heterocyclic compounds containing a ring of four carbon atoms and an oxygen atom; especially the simplest one, C4H4O.

    • Derived terms

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    ranitidine

    English

    (wikipedia ranitidine)

    Noun

    (-)
  • (pharmacology) A furan which blocks the histamine H2-receptors, to prevent the secretion of gastric acid.
  • * 2001': The huge sales of one drug in particular, '''ranitidine (sold under the trade name Zantac®), helped to lift the British pharmaceutical company Glaxo into the world league. — Leslie Iversen, ''Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 46)
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