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Preferred Name

pentamethylmelamine

Synonyms

PMM

Definitions

A principal metabolite of hexamethylmelamine with antineoplastic activity. Pentamethylmelamine alkylates DNA and other macromolecules and forms DNA intrastrand and DNA-protein crosslinks, thereby preventing DNA replication. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C1189" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C1189" NCI Thesaurus)

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/PDQ/CDR0000039553

altLabel

PMM

N,N,N',N',N"-pentamethyl-1,3,5-triazine

CAS Registry

16268-62-5

cui

C0070302

Date last modified

2008-10-06

definition

A principal metabolite of hexamethylmelamine with antineoplastic activity. Pentamethylmelamine alkylates DNA and other macromolecules and forms DNA intrastrand and DNA-protein crosslinks, thereby preventing DNA replication. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C1189" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C1189" NCI Thesaurus)

IND Code

14585

Legacy PDQ ID

2202

NCI ID

C1189

notation

CDR0000039553

NSC Code

118742

ORIG STY

Drug/agent

prefLabel

pentamethylmelamine

tui

T109

T121

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