antimitotic drug

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• antimitotic — 1. Having an arresting action upon mitosis. 2. A drug having such an effect; e.g., a folic acid antagonist that is used in leukemia to inhibit the multiplication of white cells. * * * an·ti·mi·tot·ic .ant i mī tät ik, .an .tī …   Medical dictionary

• antimitotic — n. any one of a group of drugs that inhibit cell division and growth, e.g. doxorubicin. The drugs used to treat cancer are mainly antimitotics. See also: antimetabolite, cytotoxic drug …   The new mediacal dictionary

• antimitotic agent — A type of drug that blocks cell growth by stopping mitosis (cell division). They are used to treat cancer. Also called mitotic inhibitor …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• Препарат Лекарственный Цитотоксический (Cytotoxic Drug) — лекарственное вещество, которое повреждает и разрушает клетки; применяется для лечения различных видов злокачественных опухолей в сочетании с лучевой терапией или без нее. Основными цитотоксическими лекарственными препаратами являются: амсакрин,… …   Медицинские термины

• Cryptophycine — Die Cryptophycine sind eine Familie zum Teil stark cytotoxischer und antibiotisch wirksamer, makrocyclischer Depsipeptide. Cryptophycine bestehen aus vier Bausteinen, zwei Amino und zwei Hydroxysäuren. Einer der Hydroxysäure Bausteine… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Amikhelline — drugbox IUPAC name = 9 (2 diethylaminoethoxy) 4 hydroxy 7 methylpyrano [3,2 f] [1] benzoxol 5 one width=250 CAS number = 4439 67 2 ATC prefix = ATC suffix = ATC supplemental = PubChem = 71198 DrugBank = C=18 | H=21 | N=1 | O=5 molecular weight =… …   Wikipedia

• Khellin — IUPAC name …   Wikipedia

• aclarubicin — n. an antimitotic drug administered by injection in the treatment of leukaemia and other cancers. It is an anthracycline antibiotic; possible side effects include nausea and vomiting, loss of hair, and damage to bone marrow. Trade name: Aclacin …   Medical dictionary

• Discovery and development of tubulin inhibitors — Tubulin inhibitors interfere directly with the tubulin system which is in contrast to those drugs acting on DNA for cancer chemotherapy. Microtubules play an important role in eukaryotic cells. Alpha and beta tubulin, the main components of… …   Wikipedia

• Monomethyl auristatin E — IUPAC name (S) N ((3R,4S,5S) 1 ((S) 2 ((1R …   Wikipedia

• History of cancer chemotherapy — The era of cancer chemotherapy began in the 1940s with the first use of nitrogen mustards and folic acid antagonist drugs. Cancer drug development has exploded since then into a multi billion dollar industry. The targeted therapy revolution has… …   Wikipedia