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Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action > Antimetabolites
Chemical Actions and Uses > Toxic Actions > Noxae > Antimetabolites

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Antimetabolites  

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  • Antimetabolite

Scope note

  • Drugs that are chemically similar to naturally occurring metabolites, but differ enough to interfere with normal metabolic pathways. (From AMA Drug Evaluations Annual, 1994, p2033)

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