Epipodophyllotoxins are
Some epipodophyllotoxin derivatives are currently used in the treatment of cancer. These include
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epipodophyllotoxin — A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer. Epipodophyllotoxin is extracted from the mandrake root Podophyllum peltatum. It is a type of topoisomerase inhibitor … English dictionary of cancer terms
epipodophyllotoxin — Natural product that inhibits topoisomerase II. SEE ALSO: etoposide. [epi + Podophyllum, genus name of botanical source, + toxin] * * * epi·podo·phyl·lo·tox·in (ep″ĭ pod″o filґo tok″sin) [epi + podophyllotoxin] a chemical… … Medical dictionary
List of oncology-related terms — This is a list of terms related to oncology. The original source for this list was the U.S. National Cancer Institute s public domain Dictionary of Cancer Terms . NOTOC 1 * 10 propargyl 10 deazaaminopterin * 12 O tetradecanoylphorbol 13 acetate * … Wikipedia
History of cancer chemotherapy — The era of cancer chemotherapy began in the 1940s with the first use of nitrogen mustards and folic acid antagonist drugs. Cancer drug development has exploded since then into a multi billion dollar industry. The targeted therapy revolution has… … Wikipedia
Etoposide — drugbox IUPAC name = 4 demethyl epipodophyllotoxin 9 [4,6 O ( R ) ethylidene beta D glucopyranoside] , 4 (dihydrogen phosphate) CAS number = 33419 42 0 ATC prefix = L01 ATC suffix = CB01 ATC supplemental = PubChem = 36462 DrugBank = APRD00239 C … Wikipedia
VP-16 — abbr. med. epipodophyllotoxin – эпидофиллотоксин … Dictionary of English abbreviation
