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Camptothecin

"Camptothecin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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An alkaloid isolated from the stem wood of the Chinese tree, Camptotheca acuminata. This compound selectively inhibits the nuclear enzyme DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I. Several semisynthetic analogs of camptothecin have demonstrated antitumor activity.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Camptothecin" by people in UAMS Profiles by year, and whether "Camptothecin" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 15 publications over 14 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2002
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