It is hydroxyl. They just drop the l to make it pronounceable.
It literally is an -OH group. My organic-chem is rusty but I believe that makes it easier for the drug to be filtered out of your system.
(A lot of times you'll see a drug-HCl. That is done to make it soluble in water.)
I think 'Hydro - Oxygen' but that's just me.
HydroxyChloroquine
It is hydroxyl. They just drop the l to make it pronounceable.
It literally is an -OH group. My organic-chem is rusty but I believe that makes it easier for the drug to be filtered out of your system.
(A lot of times you'll see a drug-HCl. That is done to make it soluble in water.)
So the Hydro-Oxy part is Hydrogen Oxygen (like Water without the other Oxygen)..
fuck we're so smart here.