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Preferred Name

doxycycline calcium

Synonyms

Vibramycin

Definitions

The calcium salt form of doxycycline exhibiting antimicrobial activity. Doxycycline blocks binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the mRNA-ribosome complex, thereby inhibiting protein synthesis. In addition, this agent has exhibited inhibition of collagenase activity. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C29008" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C29008" NCI Thesaurus)

ID

http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/PDQ/CDR0000042494

altLabel

Vibramycin

CAS Registry

94088-85-4

cui

C0282155

C0699957

Date last modified

2017-12-11

definition

The calcium salt form of doxycycline exhibiting antimicrobial activity. Doxycycline blocks binding of aminoacyl-tRNA to the mRNA-ribosome complex, thereby inhibiting protein synthesis. In addition, this agent has exhibited inhibition of collagenase activity. Check for "https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/clinical-trials/intervention/C29008" active clinical trials using this agent. ("http://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/ConceptReport.jsp?dictionary=NCI%20Thesaurus&code=C29008" NCI Thesaurus)

Legacy PDQ ID

6054

LT

TRD

NCI ID

C29008

notation

CDR0000042494

ORIG STY

Drug/agent

prefLabel

doxycycline calcium

tui

T109

T195

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