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Preferred term

Epirubicin  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An anthracycline which is the 4'-epi-isomer of doxorubicin. The compound exerts its antitumor effects by interference with the synthesis and function of DNA.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • 22966TX7J5
  • 3Z8479ZZ5X
  • 4'-Epi-Adriamycin
  • 4'-Epiadriamycin
  • 4'-Epi-Doxorubicin
  • 4'-Epidoxorubicin
  • 4'-Epi-DXR
  • 5,12-Naphthacenedione, 10-((3-amino-2,3,6-trideoxy-alpha-L-arabino-hexopyranosyl)oxy)-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-6,8,11-trihydroxy-8-(hydroxyacetyl)-1-methoxy-, (8S-cis)-
  • 56390-09-1 (HCl)
  • 56420-45-2 (Epirubicin)

In other languages

  • French

  • 22966TX7J5
  • 3Z8479ZZ5X
  • 5,12-Naphthacenedione, 10-((3-amino-2,3,6-trideoxy-alpha-L-arabino-hexopyranosyl)oxy)-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-6,8,11-trihydroxy-8-(hydroxyacetyl)-1-methoxy-, (8S-cis)-
  • 56390-09-1 (HCl)
  • 56420-45-2 (Epirubicin)

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-M2WMR90H-M

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