In 1965 Roger Altounyan discovered an alternative treatment for asthmatics. What is the name of the new medication and which advantage did it have over the common treatments of the time?

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In 1965 Roger Altounyan discovered an alternative treatment for asthmatics. What is the name of the new medication and which advantage did it have over the common treatments of the time?

Question #148462. Asked by BigTriviaDawg.
Last updated May 14 2021.
Originally posted May 14 2021 8:13 AM.

varnish

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varnish

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Roger Altounyan's early treatment for asthma was a flowering plant called khella, from which he soon came to understand that it's active ingredient was khellin, which he discovered when purified becomes a gamma-pyrone, of which he eventually refined and fine-tuned into the much safer and more effective Sodium Cromoglycate.

https://www.jacionline.org/article/S0091-6749(04)03234-8/abstract

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Altounyan#Pharmacological_research

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sodium_cromoglycate

May 14 2021, 9:31 AM

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