histamine H2 receptor antagonist

C29233
concept

A histamine H2 receptor antagonist is a drug that selectively blocks histamine H2 receptors on gastric parietal cells, thereby reducing stomach acid secretion and helping to treat conditions like peptic ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux disease.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
H2 receptor antagonist 1
anti-ulcer medication 1
histamine H2 receptor antagonist canonical 1

Description generation (CDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.

Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: histamine H2 receptor antagonist
Generated description
A histamine H2 receptor antagonist is a drug that selectively blocks histamine H2 receptors on gastric parietal cells, thereby reducing stomach acid secretion and helping to treat conditions like peptic ulcers and gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Instances (2)

Instance Via concept surface
Pepcid
H2 receptor antagonist cimetidine
surface form: cimetidine
H2 receptor antagonist