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Methenamine

Known as: hexaminum, hexamethylentetraminum, hexamethylenamine 
A heterocyclic organic compound with antibiotic activity. In the body methenamine is converted to formaldehyde, a nonspecific bactericidal agent… 
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (1)

Anti-Infective Agents, Urinary
BacteriuriaCystitisDehydrationHypersensitivity

Narrower (18)

CystexHexamine SilverHiprexMandelamine

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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Should EMS-paramedics perform paediatric tracheal intubation in the field?
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Kinetic analysis of arsenic-metalation of human metallothionein: significance of the two-domain structure.
Metallothionein (MT) is ubiquitous in Nature, underlying MT's importance in the cellular chemistry of metals. Mammalian MT… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Formation of DNA nanoparticles in the presence of novel polyamine analogues: a laser light scattering and atomic force microscopic study.
We synthesized a pentamine (3-3-3-3) and two hexamine (3-3-3-3-3 and 3-4-3-4-3) analogues of the natural polyamine, spermine (3-4… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Epigenome changes in active and inactive Polycomb‐group‐controlled regions
The Polycomb group (PcG) of proteins conveys epigenetic inheritance of repressed transcriptional states. In Drosophila, the… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Self-assembly of two- and three-dimensional coordination networks with hexamethylenetetramine and different silver(I) salts
Interesting two-dimensional networks with square or hexagonal cavities, and three-dimensional networks with different channels… 
Highly Cited
1995
Highly Cited
1995
Is carbon nitride harder than diamond? No, but its girth increases when stretched (negative Poisson ratio)
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
A new H–2-linked class I gene whose expression depends on a maternally inherited factor
The maternally transmitted antigen (Mta) is expressed on the cells of most strains of mice1,2. It is a medial histocompatibility… 
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Importance of controls for the demonstration of carbohydrates in electron microscopy with the silver methenamine or the thiocarbohydrazide‐silver proteinate methods
The periodic acid‐silver methenamine method and the periodic acid‐thio‐carbohydrazide‐silver proteinate method have been used for… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
PRELIMINARY ATTEMPTS AT ULTRASTRUCTURAL POLYSACCHARIDE LOCALIZATION IN ROOT TIP CELLS
A basic method and many variations are described which initially appear to give good ultrastructural localization of… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
The ultrastructural location of the periodate-Schiff reactive basement membrane at the dermoepidermal junctions of human scalp and monkey gingiva.
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