Vincristine, also known as leurocristine and marketed under the brand name Oncovin among others, is a chemotherapy medication used to treat a number of...

and now has a pantropical distribution. It is a source of the drugs vincristine and vinblastine, used to treat cancer. It was formerly included in the...

is a chemical analogue of vincristine and is also used to treat various forms of cancer. Dimeric alkaloids such as vincristine and vinblastine are produced...

hydrocortisone, and thiotepa. Administration of any vinca alkaloids, especially vincristine, via the intrathecal route is nearly always fatal. Often reserved for...

multiple system atrophy Surgery or injury involving the nerves Toxicity (vincristine) In the sympathetic nervous system (SNS), predominant dysautonomia is...

cyclophosphamide, vincristine (Oncovin), dexamethasone Non-Hodgkin lymphomas BEACOPP bleomycin, etoposide, doxorubicin (Adriamycin), cyclophosphamide, vincristine (Oncovin)...

plant produces about 130 of these compounds, including vinblastine and vincristine, two drugs used to treat cancer. Catharanthus roseus is also cultivated...

example, the CHOP regimen consists of cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone. Besides chemotherapy, medical oncology (pharmacotherapy...

produces from them: leurosine and the chemotherapy agents vinblastine and vincristine, all of which can be obtained from the plant. The newer semi-synthetic...

roseus) whose dimerization produces the anti-cancer drugs vinblastine and vincristine. The precursor of catharanthine and vindoline is strictosidine, the common...