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Query: UMLS:C0039730 (
thalassemia
)
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document(s) hit in 31,850,051 MEDLINE articles (0.00 seconds)
3-Hydroxypyridine
-4-ones have potential as orally active chelators of iron(III) and therefore may find application in the treatment of
thalassaemia
. An undesirable feature of these molecules is that they inhibit tyrosinase. We have established that alkyl substitution at position 2 in the aromatic ring minimizes interaction with tyrosinase and does so without appreciably influencing the affinity for iron(III).
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PMID:The inhibition of tyrosinase by pyridinones. 249 43
