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hashish(medicine)
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hashish(dictionary)
Aldose(medicine)
aldose(dictionary)
Aldose Reductase(health)
aldose reductase(medicine)
aldose mutarotase(medicine)
aldose 1-epimerase(medicine)

Aldose Reductase (health) and hashish (medicine)


Aldose Reductase (health)


An enzyme that is normally present in the eye and in many Other parts of the body. It changes glucose (sugar) into a sugar alcohol called sorbitol. Too much sorbitol trapped in eye and nerve cells seems to damage these cells, and may be part of the cause of diabetic retinopathy and neuropathy. There are medications that interfere with aldose reductase.





hashish (medicine)


hashish


A slightly acrid gum resin produced by the common hemp (Cannabis saltiva), of the variety Indica, when cultivated in a warm climate; also, the tops of the plant, from which the resinous product is obtained. It is narcotic, and has long been used in the East for its intoxicating effect.

See: bhang, ganja.

Origin: Ar. Hashish.