Vincristine, also known as leurocristine and marketed under the brand name Oncovin among others, is a chemotherapy medication used to treat a number of...
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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...
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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...
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hydrocortisone, and thiotepa. Administration of any vinca alkaloids, especially vincristine, via the intrathecal route is nearly always fatal. Often reserved for...
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multiple system atrophy Surgery or injury involving the nerves Toxicity (vincristine) In the sympathetic nervous system (SNS), predominant dysautonomia is...
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Chemotherapy regimen (redirect from Vincristine/actinomycin)
cyclophosphamide, vincristine (Oncovin), dexamethasone Non-Hodgkin lymphomas BEACOPP bleomycin, etoposide, doxorubicin (Adriamycin), cyclophosphamide, vincristine (Oncovin)...
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plant produces about 130 of these compounds, including vinblastine and vincristine, two drugs used to treat cancer. Catharanthus roseus is also cultivated...
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produces from them: leurosine and the chemotherapy agents vinblastine and vincristine, all of which can be obtained from the plant. The newer semi-synthetic...
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roseus) whose dimerization produces the anti-cancer drugs vinblastine and vincristine. The precursor of catharanthine and vindoline is strictosidine, the common...
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Vinblastine (redirect from Vincristine sulfate Pfs)
administration. Vinblastine is a vinca alkaloid and a chemical analogue of vincristine. It binds tubulin, thereby inhibiting the assembly of microtubules. Vinblastine...
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