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acetanilide

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ac·et·an·i·lide (st-nl-d) or ac·et·an·i·lid (-nl-d)
n.
A white crystalline compound used to relieve pain and reduce fever.


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Adams exposed how some headache powders, for instance, often sold by door-to-door salesmen, actually contained high levels of acetanilide, a toxic and addictive painkiller that caused heart attacks and kidney disease.
In particular, the contribution of CYP1A and NAT2 enzymes to the metabolism of aniline-derived xenobiotics such as acetanilide and phenacetin is well known (63).
 
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