Concept information
Preferred term
Bromouracil
Type
-
Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- 5 Bromouracil
- 5-Bromouracil
- Bromuracil
Note
- an antimetabolite
Scope note
- 5-Bromo-2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione. Brominated derivative of uracil that acts as an antimetabolite, substituting for thymine in DNA. It is used mainly as an experimental mutagen, but its deoxyriboside (BROMODEOXYURIDINE) is used to treat neoplasms.
History note
- 74(71)
In other languages
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Finnish
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Swedish
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001976
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