See Also: pisatin(dictionary)
pisatin(medicine)
pisatin demethylase(medicine)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
Somogyi(medicine)
Somogyi unit(dictionary)
Somogyi Effect(health)
Somogyi unit(medicine)
Somogyi phenomenon(medicine)
Somogyi effect(medicine)

Somogyi phenomenon (medicine) and pisatin (iou)


Somogyi phenomenon (medicine)


Somogyi phenomenon


A rebound phenomenon of reactive hyperglycaemia following a period of relative hypoglycaemia, which may be subclinical and difficult to detect; the hyperglycaemia induces use of more insulin, thus aggravating the problem.

Synonym: posthypoglycaemic hyperglycaemia.


pisatin (iou)



pisatin noun. M20.
[from mod. Latin taxonomic name of the pea, Pisum sativum (from Latin pisum pea + sativus SATIVE) + -IN1.]
Biochemistry. A heterocyclic compound, C17H14O6, produced by the pea plant as a fungitoxic phytoalexin.