Amsacrine
"Amsacrine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An aminoacridine derivative that intercalates into DNA and is used as an antineoplastic agent.
| Descriptor ID |
D000677
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.633.300.046.250.225
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| Concept/Terms |
Amsacrine- Amsacrine
- Cain's Acridine
- Cain Acridine
- Cains Acridine
- meta-AMSA
- meta AMSA
- AMSA
- m-AMSA
Amsidine- Amsidine
- Amsacrina
- AMSA P-D
- AMSA P D
- AMSA PD
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Zwelling LA, Mitchell MJ, Satitpunwaycha P, Mayes J, Altschuler E, Hinds M, Baguley BC. Relative activity of structural analogues of amsacrine against human leukemia cell lines containing amsacrine-sensitive or -resistant forms of topoisomerase II: use of computer simulations in new drug development. Cancer Res. 1992 Jan 01; 52(1):209-17.