AMINOBENZOIC ACID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does aminobenzoic acid mean? 

• AMINOBENZOIC ACID (noun)
  The noun AMINOBENZOIC ACID has 1 sense:

1. a derivative of benzoic acid

  Familiarity information: AMINOBENZOIC ACID used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMINOBENZOIC ACID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A derivative of benzoic acid

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("aminobenzoic acid" is a kind of...):

acid (any of various water-soluble compounds having a sour taste and capable of turning litmus red and reacting with a base to form a salt)

 Context examples 

A substituted benzamide and a derivative of para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) that is structurally related to procainamide, with gastroprokinetic and antiemetic effects.

(Metoclopramide, NCI Thesaurus)

The acetate salt form of mafenide, a synthetic sulfonamide analog of para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) with topical anti-infective activity.

(Mafenide Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)

Chloroprocaine hydrochloride is short-acting due to rapid hydrolysis by pseudocholinesterase into para-aminobenzoic acid in plasma.

(Chloroprocaine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

The hydrochloride salt of the substituted benzamide metoclopramide, a para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) derivative that is structurally related to procainamide, with gastroprokinetic and antiemetic activities.

(Metoclopramide Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called aminobenzoic acid and para-aminobenzoic acid.

(PABA, NCI Dictionary)

Also called aminobenzoic acid and PABA.

(Para-aminobenzoic acid, NCI Dictionary)

The calcium salt form of benzoyl-PAS, an analog of aminobenzoic acid used to treat tuberculosis.

(Benzoylpas Calcium, NCI Thesaurus)

A benzoic acid-modified form of para-aminosalicylate, an analog of aminobenzoic acid used to treat tuberculosis.

(Benzoylpas, NCI Thesaurus)

Because DNA defects contribute to skin cancer, aminobenzoic acid is no longer widely used in sunscreen formulations.

(Aminobenzoic acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called PABA and para-aminobenzoic acid.

(Aminobenzoic acid, NCI Dictionary)