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Preferred Name

Etoposide

Definitions
A semisynthetic derivative of podophyllotoxin, a substance extracted from the mandrake root Podophyllum peltatum. Possessing potent antineoplastic properties, etoposide binds to and inhibits 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. Etoposide acts primarily in the G2 and S phases of the cell cycle. (NCI04)
Synonyms
4'-Demethylepipodophyllotoxin 9-[4,6-O-ethylidene-beta-D-glucopyranoside]
9-[(4,6-O-Ethylidene-beta-D-glucopyranosyl]oxy)-5,8,8a,9-tetrahydro-5-(4-hydroxy-3,5-dimethoxyphenyl)furo[3',4':6,7]naphtho[2,3-d]-1,3-dioxol-6(5aH)-one
Demethyl Epipodophyllotoxin Ethylidine Glucoside
EPEG
ETOPOSIDE
Etoposide
Lastet
Toposar
VP 16
VP 16-213
VP 16213
VP-16
VP-16-213
VP16
Vepesid
etoposide
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