ethyl group

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ethyl group - the univalent hydrocarbon radical C2H5 derived from ethane by the removal of one hydrogen atom

alkyl, alkyl group, alkyl radical - any of a series of univalent groups of the general formula CnH2n+1 derived from aliphatic hydrocarbons

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The proportion of patients who had a primary endpoint event was significantly lower by 25% in the icosapent ethyl group than in the placebo group (p < 0.001).

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The proficient activity of first and second compound was the most likely due to occurrence of hydroxyl group at meta position of aniline ring and that of third compound was likely due to the presence of two alkyl groups on aniline ring along with ethyl group attached to nitrogen of sulfonamide.

Pharmacological Evaluation and Synthesis of New Sulfonamides Derivatives Based on 1,4-Benzodioxane

A triplet at I' 0.88 (J = 7.1 Hz) was observed due to primary methyl group, which indicated the presence of ethyl group. The remaining methylene and methine protons appeared in the region I' 2.40-1.03 (Table 1) indicating 1 as a steroid with two hydroxyls and an olefinic moieties in the steroidal nucleus [25].