"Furans" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Compounds with a 5-membered ring of four carbons and an oxygen. They are aromatic heterocycles. The reduced form is tetrahydrofuran.
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D005663
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.312
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Furans" by people in Profiles.
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Butanol production from hydrothermolysis-pretreated switchgrass: Quantification of inhibitors and detoxification of hydrolyzate. Bioresour Technol. 2015 Aug; 189:292-301.
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The design, synthesis and biological evaluation of conformationally restricted 4-substituted-2,6-dimethylfuro[2,3-d]pyrimidines as multi-targeted receptor tyrosine kinase and microtubule inhibitors as potential antitumor agents. Bioorg Med Chem. 2015 May 15; 23(10):2408-23.
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Arctigenin in combination with quercetin synergistically enhances the antiproliferative effect in prostate cancer cells. Mol Nutr Food Res. 2015 Feb; 59(2):250-61.
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Reappraising the structures and distribution of metabolites from black aspergilli containing uncommon 2-benzyl-4H-pyran-4-one and 2-benzylpyridin-4(1H)-one systems. J Nat Prod. 2011 Sep 23; 74(9):1959-64.
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Ventricular arrhythmias and regional blood flow in acute and subacute myocardial infarction: effects of the carboxylic ionophore monensin. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 1981 Jan-Feb; 3(1):61-74.
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Activation of Ftorafue [R,S-1-(tetrahydro-2-furanyl)-5-fluorouracil] to 5-fluorouracil and gamma-butyrolactone. Cancer Res. 1980 Aug; 40(8 Pt 1):2814-9.