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Organic Chemicals > Hydrocarbons > Hydrocarbons, Halogenated > Mustard Compounds > Nitrogen Mustard Compounds

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Nitrogen Mustard Compounds  

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Note

  • do not confuse with NITROGEN MUSTARD, a specific chemical

Scope note

  • A group of alkylating agents derived from mustard gas, with the sulfur replaced by nitrogen. They were formerly used as toxicants and vesicants, but now function as antineoplastic agents. These compounds are also powerful mutagens, teratogens, immunosuppressants, and carcinogens.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D009588

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