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Preferred Name

Acridine
Synonyms

ACRIDINE

Acridine

Definitions

A polycyclic aromatic dye with antineoplastic, antimicrobial and imaging activities. Acridine and its derivatives intercalate within DNA and RNA by forming hydrogen-bonds and stacking between base pairs resulting in DNA crosslinks and strand breaks. In addition, acridine and its derivatives are a potent inhibitor of topoisomerase II enzyme. This results in the inhibition of DNA and RNA synthesis, predominantly occurring during S phase of the cell cycle and ultimately leads to cell death.

ID

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C203

CAS_Registry

260-94-6

CHEBI_ID

CHEBI:36420

code

C203

Concept_In_Subset

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C157711

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C157712

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C128784

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C63923

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C177537

Contributing_Source

FDA

GDC

DEFINITION

A polycyclic aromatic dye with antineoplastic, antimicrobial and imaging activities. Acridine and its derivatives intercalate within DNA and RNA by forming hydrogen-bonds and stacking between base pairs resulting in DNA crosslinks and strand breaks. In addition, acridine and its derivatives are a potent inhibitor of topoisomerase II enzyme. This results in the inhibition of DNA and RNA synthesis, predominantly occurring during S phase of the cell cycle and ultimately leads to cell death.

FDA_UNII_Code

42NI1P5Q1X

FULL_SYN

ACRIDINE

Acridine

Is_Value_For_GDC_Property

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C1909

label

Acridine

Legacy Concept Name

Acridine

Maps_To

Acridine

Preferred_Name

Acridine

prefixIRI

Thesaurus:C203

Semantic_Type

Organic Chemical

Pharmacologic Substance

UMLS_CUI

C0001186

subClassOf

http://ncicb.nci.nih.gov/xml/owl/EVS/Thesaurus.owl#C582

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