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What does semisynthetic mean?

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Adjective
  1. (organic chemistry) synthesized by chemically modifying a natural material
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The gold standard anti-inflammatory compounds are the glucocorticoids such as dexamethasone, semisynthetic derivatives of hydrocortisone produced by the adrenal cortex.
Bromhexine, a semisynthetic derivative of vasicine, is a mucolytic agent used in the treatment of chronic bronchitis and asthma associated with viscid or excessive mucus.
A phase 1 dose-finding and pharmacokinetic study of subcutaneous semisynthetic homoharringtonine in patients with advanced acute myeloid leukaemia.
Modern penicillins are semisynthetic compounds, obtained initially from fermentation cultures, but then structurally altered for specific desirable properties.
Statistically significant differences in acetyl CoA activity in either the mammary gland or the liver were by comparison with rats fed the semisynthetic diet.

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