Mechlorethamine
"Mechlorethamine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A vesicant and necrotizing irritant destructive to mucous membranes. It was formerly used as a war gas. The hydrochloride is used as an antineoplastic in Hodgkin's disease and lymphomas. It causes severe gastrointestinal and bone marrow damage.
| Descriptor ID |
D008466
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.526.728.650.529
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| Concept/Terms |
Mechlorethamine- Mechlorethamine
- Chlorethazine
- Chlormethine
- Mustine
- Nitrogen Mustard
- Bis(2-chloroethyl)methylamine
- Methylchlorethamine
Mechlorethamine Hydrochloride N-Oxide- Mechlorethamine Hydrochloride N-Oxide
- Hydrochloride N-Oxide, Mechlorethamine
- Mechlorethamine Hydrochloride N Oxide
- N-Oxide, Mechlorethamine Hydrochloride
Mustargen- Mustargen
- Merck Frosst Brand of Mechlorethamine Hydrochloride
- Merck Brand of Mechlorethamine Hydrochloride
Caryolysine- Caryolysine
- Genopharm Brand of Mechlorethamine Hydrochloride
Mechlorethamine N-Oxide- Mechlorethamine N-Oxide
- Mechlorethamine N Oxide
- N-Oxide, Mechlorethamine
- Nitrogen Mustard N-Oxide
- N-Oxide, Nitrogen Mustard
- Nitrogen Mustard N Oxide
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mechlorethamine" by people in Profiles over the past ten years.
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Alemi H, Dehghani S, Forouzanfar K, Surico PL, Narimatsu A, Musayeva A, Sharifi S, Wang S, Dohlman TH, Yin J, Chen Y, Dana R. Insights into mustard gas keratopathy- characterizing corneal layer-specific changes in mice exposed to nitrogen mustard. Exp Eye Res. 2023 11; 236:109657.