National Cancer Institute Thesaurus

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Preferred Name

Epipodophyllotoxin Compound

Synonyms

epipodophyllotoxin

Epipodophyllotoxin Compound

Definitions

An alkaloid isolated or derived synthetically from Podophyllum peltatum that can bind to and inhibit topoisomerase II and its function in ligating cleaved DNA molecules, resulting in the accumulation of single- or double-strand DNA breaks, the inhibition of DNA replication and transcription, and apoptotic cell death.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C1331

ALT_DEFINITION

A substance being studied in the treatment of some types of cancer. Epipodophyllotoxin is extracted from the mandrake root Podophyllum peltatum. It is a type of topoisomerase inhibitor.

code

C1331

DEFINITION

An alkaloid isolated or derived synthetically from Podophyllum peltatum that can bind to and inhibit topoisomerase II and its function in ligating cleaved DNA molecules, resulting in the accumulation of single- or double-strand DNA breaks, the inhibition of DNA replication and transcription, and apoptotic cell death.

FULL_SYN

epipodophyllotoxin

Epipodophyllotoxin Compound

label

Epipodophyllotoxin Compound

Legacy Concept Name

Epipodophyllotoxin_Compound

Preferred_Name

Epipodophyllotoxin Compound

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C1331

Semantic_Type

Organic Chemical

Pharmacologic Substance

UMLS_CUI

C0086243

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C1931

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C1968

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