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Synonyms:
Active compound, medicinal substance, pharmacological component, therapeutic agent, bioactive ingredient
Any component that is intended to furnish pharmacological activity or other direct effects in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or to affect the structure of any function of the body of man or animals. The term includes those components that may undergo chemical change in the manufacture of the drug product and be present in the drug product in a modified form intended to furnish the specified activity or effect.
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