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Enzyme Inhibitors

Categorical breakdown of terms falling inder the category of Enzyme Inhibitors. Sub categories will become more specific in nature to the terms listed for Enzyme Inhibitors.

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Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors - A class of drugs whose main indications are the treatment of hypertension and heart failure. They ex...

Aromatase Inhibitors - Compounds that inhibit AROMATASE in order to reduce production of estrogenic steroid hormones....

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors - A class of compounds that reduces the secretion of H+ ions by the proximal kidney tubule through inh...

Cholinesterase Inhibitors - Drugs that inhibit cholinesterases. The neurotransmitter ACETYLCHOLINE is rapidly hydrolyzed, and th...

Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors - A subclass of cyclooxygenase inhibitors with specificity for CYCLOOXYGENASE-2....

Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors - Compounds or agents that combine with cyclooxygenase (PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES) and ther...

Cysteine Proteinase Inhibitors - Exogenous and endogenous compounds which inhibit CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES....

Dipeptidyl-Peptidase IV Inhibitors - Compounds that supress the degradation of INCRETINS by blocking the action of DIPEPTIDYL-PEPTIDASE I...

Enzyme Inhibitors - Compounds or agents that combine with an enzyme in such a manner as to prevent the normal substrate-...

Folic Acid Antagonists - Inhibitors of the enzyme, dihydrofolate reductase (TETRAHYDROFOLATE DEHYDROGENASE), which converts d...

Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors - Compounds that inhibit HISTONE DEACETYLASES. This class of drugs may influence gene expression by i...

HIV Integrase Inhibitors - Inhibitors of HIV INTEGRASE, an enzyme required for integration of viral DNA into cellular DNA....

HIV Protease Inhibitors - Inhibitors of HIV PROTEASE, an enzyme required for production of proteins needed for viral assembly....

Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors - Compounds that inhibit HMG-CoA reductases. They have been shown to directly lower cholesterol synthe...

Integrase Inhibitors - Compounds which inhibit or antagonize biosynthesis or actions of integrase....

Lipoxygenase Inhibitors - Compounds or agents that combine with lipoxygenase and thereby prevent its substrate-enzyme combinat...

Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors - A chemically heterogeneous group of drugs that have in common the ability to block oxidative deamina...

Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors - Compounds that inhibit cell production of DNA or RNA....

Phosphodiesterase Inhibitors - Compounds which inhibit or antagonize the biosynthesis or actions of phosphodiesterases....

Protease Inhibitors - Compounds which inhibit or antagonize biosynthesis or actions of proteases (ENDOPEPTIDASES)....

Protein Kinase Inhibitors - Agents that inhibit PROTEIN KINASES....

Protein Synthesis Inhibitors - Compounds which inhibit the synthesis of proteins. They are usually ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS or toxins....

Proton Pump Inhibitors - Compounds that inhibit H(+)-K(+)-EXCHANGING ATPASE. They are used as ANTI-ULCER AGENTS and sometimes...

Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors - Inhibitors of reverse transcriptase (RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE), an enzyme that synthesizes DNA on...

Serine Proteinase Inhibitors - Exogenous or endogenous compounds which inhibit SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES....

Trypsin Inhibitors - Serine proteinase inhibitors which inhibit trypsin. They may be endogenous or exogenous compounds....

Uncoupling Agents - Chemical agents that uncouple oxidation from phosphorylation in the metabolic cycle so that ATP synt...