Meaning alkylating agent
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alkylating agent


A type of drug that is used in the treatment of cancer. It interferes with the cell's DNA and inhibits cancer cell growth.
Source: cancer.gov

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alkylating agent


Substance which introduces an alkyl substituent into a compound.
Source: sis.nlm.nih.gov

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alkylating agent


A type of drug that is used in the treatment of cancer. It interferes with the cell’s DNA and inhibits cancer cell growth.
Source: t-aml.uchicago.edu (offline)

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alkylating agent


A type of drug that is used in the treatment of cancer. It interferes with the cell's DNA and inhibits cancer cell growth.
Source: dana-farber.org (offline)

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alkylating agent


a cancer treatment that inhibits the division and growth of cancer cells
Source: vhcprojectimmunereadiness.com (offline)

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<oncology, pharmacology> A reagent that places an alkyl group, for example propyl in place of a nucleophilic group in a molecule. Alkylating reagents include a number of cytotoxic drugs some of which react fairly specifically with N7 of the purine ring and lead to depurination of DNA, for example the agent ethyl ethanesulphonic acid and thus [..]
Source: mondofacto.com (offline)

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alkylating agent


A chemical agent that can add alkyl groups (for example, ethyl or methyl groups) to another molecule; many mutagens act through alkylation.
Source: groups.molbiosci.northwestern.edu

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alkylating agent


A chemotherapeutic agent, such as chlorambucil (Leukeran) or cyclophosphamide (Cytoxan), which blocks cell division.
Source: iwmf.com (offline)

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alkylating agent


Agents used in cancer treatment that attaches an alkyl group (Cn
Source: cfgd.cochrane.org





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