Sulfasuxidine Pharm.
(sʌlfəˈsʌksɪdiːn)
[f. sulfa- + sux- + -idine.]
A proprietary name for the drug succinylsulphathiazole.
| 1942 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 6 Jan. 9/2 Sharp & Dohme, Incorporated, Philadelphia... Sulfasuxidine for pharmaceutical preparations useful as bactericides and as antiseptics. 1943 Trade Marks Jrnl. 26 May 223/1 Sulfasuxidine... Pharmaceutical substances for human use and for veterinary use..consisting wholly of sulphur compounds... Sharp & Dohms Ltd...1st April, 1942. 1976 A. I. Braude Antimicrobial Drug Therapy i. 11 Succinylsulfathiazole (Sulfasuxidine) is a good example of how the para-NH2 group becomes free after slow hydrolysis from its inactive form to the active sulfathiazole. |