See Also: mercapto-(medicine)
mercapto-(dictionary)

mercapto- (iou)



mercapto- combining form. Before a vowel also mercapt-. Also as attrib. adjective mercapto.
[from MERCAPTAN + -O-.]
Chemistry. Designating or containing the radical SH (or a substituted form of this).
mercapto'purine noun (Pharmacology) any of various mercapto derivatives of purine; spec. 6-mercaptopurine, C5H4N4S, a yellow cytotoxic agent used esp. to treat leukaemia in children: M20.
mercapturic adjective:
mercapturic acid, any of various acids of formula RSCH2CH(NHCOCH3)COOH (where R is an aryl group), some of which are excreted in the urine as detoxication products of aromatic compounds L19.