skip to main content
LOTERRE

LOTERRE

Search from vocabulary

Content language

| español français
Search help

Concept information

Preferred term

Mustard Compounds  

Definition(s)

  • Strong alkylating and immunosuppressive agents whose biological activity is based on the presence of bis(2-chloroethyl)- groups. Although otherwise structurally diverse, the compounds have in common the capacity to contribute alkyl groups to DNA. They are generally highly toxic but include among their number many widely used and effective antineoplastic agents.

Broader concept(s)

Synonym(s)

  • Compounds, Mustard

In other languages

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR/M0014270

Download this concept:

RDF/XML TURTLE JSON-LD Created 1/1/99, last modified 6/3/93