Calcium Aluminosilicate Anti-Diarrheal

Preferred Label : Calcium Aluminosilicate Anti-Diarrheal;

NCIt synonyms : CASAD;

NCIt definition : A clay compound consisting of aluminosilicate and calcium ions with potential antidiarrheal activity. Calcium aluminosilicate anti-diarrheal consists of microscopically large flat plates of aluminosilicate separated by calcium ions that may sorb toxic chemotherapeutic drugs and their metabolites and inflammatory proteins such as TNF-alpha, which may help minimize chemotherapy-mediated or radiation therapy-mediated damage to the intestinal epithelium and so therapy-related diarrhea.;

Details

Origin ID

C78858;

UMLS CUI

C4552073;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Clay [MeSH Descriptor]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Calcium Aluminosilicate Anti-Diarrheal [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Inorganic Chemical [UMLS semantic type]
- Pharmacologic Substance [UMLS semantic type]
Validated automatic mappings to NTBT
- Calcium Aluminosilicate [MeSH Descriptor]
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- CTRP Agent Terminology [NCIt concept]
- CTRP Terminology [NCIt concept]
- NCI Drug Dictionary Terminology [NCIt concept]

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