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Carbohydrates > Glycosides > Aminoglycosides > Anthracyclines > Daunorubicin
... > Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Cyclic > Hydrocarbons, Aromatic > Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons > Naphthacenes > Anthracyclines > Daunorubicin
Polycyclic Compounds > Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons > Naphthacenes > Anthracyclines > Daunorubicin

Preferred term

Daunorubicin  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Daunomycin
  • Dauno Rubidomycine
  • Dauno-Rubidomycine
  • Rubidomycin
  • Rubomycin

Scope note

  • A very toxic anthracycline aminoglycoside antineoplastic isolated from Streptomyces peucetius and others, used in treatment of LEUKEMIA and other NEOPLASMS.

History note

  • 80; was DAUNOMYCIN 1964-79 (Prov 1964-65)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003630

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