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Definition of Piperazine
1. Noun. Vermifuge used to treat infestations by roundworms or pinworms.
Definition of Piperazine
1. n. A crystalline substance, (C2H4NH)2, formed by action of ammonia on ethylene bromide, by reduction of pyrazine, etc. It is a strong base, and is used as a remedy for gout.
Definition of Piperazine
1. Noun. (context: organic compound pharmaceutical drug uncountable) A saturated heterocyclic compound, C4H10N2, containing two nitrogen atoms in a six-membered ring; it is used as an anthelmintic. ¹
2. Noun. (context: organic chemistry countable) Any derivative of this compound ¹
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Definition of Piperazine
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Medical Definition of Piperazine
1. Pyrazine hexahydride;its former use in gout was based upon its property of dissolving uric acid in vitro, but it is ineffective in increasing uric acid excretion; its compounds are now used as anthelmintics in oxyuriasis and ascariasis. Synonym: diethylenediamine. (05 Mar 2000)
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Literary usage of Piperazine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Textbook of Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Or, The Action of Drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1910)
"piperazine and Quinic Acid. Several new organic compounds have been introduced
of late years as solvents of uric acid in the tissues and urine. ..."
2. American Druggist (1891)
"piperazine is remarkable on account of its behavior towards uric acid. A cold,
aqueous solution of the base will dissolve twelve times as much uric acid as ..."
3. Commercial Organic Analysis by Alfred Henry Allen (1913)
"piperazine hydrochloride forms snow-white matted needles, containing B(HC1)2+H2O
... piperazine is especially characterised by the formation of an insoluble ..."
4. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1896)
"In the distillate the piperazine may be recognised by adding potassio-bismuth
iodide, when the characteristic bismuth compound ia precipitated in garnet-red ..."
5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"Extrapolation of plots of K.pl> against the fraction of piperazine as the free
base gave the value of К„ь.л for free piperazine. ..."
6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"piperazine is a crystalline hygroscopic compound having a melting point of ...
This property of piperazine has made it a popular remedy for diseases caused ..."
7. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1913)
"piperazine hydrochloride forms snow-white matted needles, containing B(HCl)2+H2O
... piperazine is especially characterised by the formation of an insoluble ..."
8. Commercial Organic Analysis by Alfred Henry Allen, Wm. A. Davis (1913)
"piperazine hydrochloride forms snow-white matted needles, containing B(HCl)2+H2O
... piperazine is especially characterised by the formation of an insoluble ..."