Medical Definition of Phosphonoacetic acid
1.
(carboxymethyl)phosphonic acid. A simple organophosphorus compound that inhibits DNA polymerase, especially in viruses and is used as antiviral agent.
Pharmacological action: antiviral agents, reverse transcriptase inhibitors.
Chemical name: Acetic acid, phosphono-
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Phosphonoacetic Acid
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