- vinblastine
- An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of plant drugs called vinca alkaloids. It is a mitotic inhibitor.
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Vinblastine — Systematic (IUPAC) name dimethyl (2β,3β,4β,5α,12β,19α) 15 [(5S,9S) 5 ethyl 5 hydroxy 9 (methoxycarbonyl) Clinical data AHFS/ … Wikipedia
Vinblastine — Général No CAS … Wikipédia en Français
vinblastine — [vin blas′tēn, vin blas′tin] n. an alkaloid, C46H58N4O9·H2SO4, obtained from the leaves of a periwinkle ( Vinca rosea) and used as a drug in the treatment of Hodgkin s disease and other lymphomas: in full vinblastine sulfate … English World dictionary
vinblastine — vinblastine. См. винбластин. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
vinblastine — ● vinblastine nom féminin Alcaloïde indolique extrait de la pervenche rose (Vinca rosea), utilisé pour son action antimitotique, en particulier dans le traitement de la maladie de Hodgkin … Encyclopédie Universelle
vinblastine — noun Etymology: contraction of vincaleukoblastine, from vinca + leukoblast developing leukocyte, from leuk + blast Date: 1962 an alkaloid C46H58N4O9 from the rosy periwinkle used especially in the form of its sulfate to treat human neoplastic… … New Collegiate Dictionary
vinblastine — Alkaloid (818D) isolated from Vinca (periwinkle) : binds to tubulin heterodimer and induces formation of paracrystals rather than tubules. Net result is that microtubules disappear as they disassemble and are not replaced. Used in tumour… … Dictionary of molecular biology
vinblastine — /vin blas teen/, n. Pharm. an alkaloid, C46H58N4O9, derived from the periwinkle Vinca rosea, used in the treatment of various malignant conditions, esp. in the management of lymphomas. [1960 65; < NL Vin(ca) a periwinkle genus + (LEUKO)BLAST +… … Universalium
vinblastine — noun A particular drug used in chemotherapy … Wiktionary
vinblastine — vin·blas·tine ( )vin blas .tēn n an alkaloid that is obtained from the rosy periwinkle and that is used esp. in the form of its sulfate C46H58N4O9·H2SO4 to treat human neoplastic diseases (as Hodgkin s disease and testicular carcinoma) called… … Medical dictionary
vinblastine — vin·blas·tine … English syllables
