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Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Pyrimidines > Imatinib Mesylate
Heterocyclic Compounds > Heterocyclic Compounds, 1-Ring > Piperazines > Imatinib Mesylate
Organic Chemicals > Amides > Benzamides > Imatinib Mesylate
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Cyclic > Hydrocarbons, Aromatic > Benzene Derivatives > Benzoates > Benzamides > Imatinib Mesylate
... > Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Carbocyclic > Benzoates > Benzamides > Imatinib Mesylate

Preferred term

Imatinib Mesylate  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Imatinib Methanesulfonate
  • Methanesulfonate, Imatinib

Scope note

  • A tyrosine kinase inhibitor and ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT that inhibits the BCR-ABL kinase created by chromosome rearrangements in CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA and ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA, as well as PDG-derived tyrosine kinases that are overexpressed in gastrointestinal stromal tumors.

History note

  • 2016 (1996)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000068877

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