Aristolochic Acids
"Aristolochic Acids" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Nitro-phenanthrenes occurring in ARISTOLOCHIACEAE and other plants. They derive from stephanine (APORPHINES) by oxidative ring cleavage. The nitro group is a reactive alkylator (ALKYLATING AGENTS) that binds to biological macromolecules. Ingestion by humans is associated with nephropathy (NEPHRITIS). There is no relationship to the similar named aristolochene (SESQUITERPENES).
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D034341
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.847.723.089 D02.640.139 D04.615.723.089
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