Vincristine, also known as leurocristine and marketed under the brand name Oncovin among others, is a chemotherapy medication used to treat a number of...
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and now has a pantropical distribution. It is a source of the drugs vincristine and vinblastine, used to treat cancer. It was formerly included in the...
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is a chemical analogue of vincristine and is also used to treat various forms of cancer. Dimeric alkaloids such as vincristine and vinblastine are produced...
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multiple system atrophy Surgery or injury involving the nerves Toxicity (vincristine) In the sympathetic nervous system (SNS), predominant dysautonomia is...
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hydrocortisone, and thiotepa. Administration of any vinca alkaloids, especially vincristine, via the intrathecal route is nearly always fatal. Often reserved for...
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example, the CHOP regimen consists of cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine and prednisone. Besides chemotherapy, medical oncology (pharmacotherapy...
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roseus) whose dimerization produces the anti-cancer drugs vinblastine and vincristine. The precursor of catharanthine and vindoline is strictosidine, the common...
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Chemotherapy regimen (redirect from Vincristine/actinomycin)
cyclophosphamide, vincristine (Oncovin), dexamethasone Non-Hodgkin lymphomas BEACOPP bleomycin, etoposide, doxorubicin (Adriamycin), cyclophosphamide, vincristine (Oncovin)...
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plant produces about 130 of these compounds, including vinblastine and vincristine, two drugs used to treat cancer. Catharanthus roseus is also cultivated...
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become primary spermatocytes. Anticancer drugs such as doxorubicin and vincristine can adversely affect male fertility by damaging the DNA of proliferative...
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Vinblastine (redirect from Vincristine sulfate Pfs)
administration. Vinblastine is a vinca alkaloid and a chemical analogue of vincristine. It binds tubulin, thereby inhibiting the assembly of microtubules. Vinblastine...
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microtubules. The original vinca alkaloids are natural products that include vincristine and vinblastine. Following the success of these drugs, semi-synthetic...
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(cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, vincristine, prednisone CHOP, cyclophosphamide, vincristine, prednisone [COP], vincristine, doxorubicin, prednisone, etoposide...
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produces from them: leurosine and the chemotherapy agents vinblastine and vincristine, all of which can be obtained from the plant. The newer semi-synthetic...
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aspirin, taxol, morphine, quinine, reserpine, colchicine, digitalis and vincristine. Plants used in herbalism include ginkgo, echinacea, feverfew, and Saint...
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with other drugs in chemotherapy regimens, like the VAC regimen (with vincristine and cyclophosphamide) for treating rhabdomyosarcoma and Ewing's sarcoma...
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potentially help recover from vincristine treatment in treating acute lymphoblastic leukemia, when replacing vincristine in the process. Bortezomib was...
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of tumour cells. The antitumour effect of the vinca alkaloids (e.g. vincristine) was later shown to be due to their ability to inhibit microtubule polymerization...
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herbal remedies for a variety of afflictions. The drugs vinblastine and vincristine are vinca alkaloids, used to treat Hodgkin lymphoma, leukemia, and other...
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chlormethine, vincristine, and prednisone while for brain cancers such as glioblastoma multiforme it is used with lomustine and vincristine. It is typically...
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and immunosuppressive drugs (e.g. ciclosporin, mycophenolate mofetil, vincristine and danazol) are subsequently used, or combinations of these. The off-label...
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erroneously injected a leukaemia patient with the chemotherapy drug, vincristine, via the intrathecal route instead of intravenous on 15 June 2007. The...
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serpentina), quinidine and quinine (Cinchona), vincamine (Vinca minor), and vincristine (Catharanthus roseus). The opium poppy Papaver somniferum is the source...
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effect of emtricitabine. Vincristine used with P-glycoprotein/ABCB1 inducers can decrease the serum concentration of vincristine. The patent for the drug...
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EMACO (etoposide, methotrexate, actinomycin D, cyclophosphamide and vincristine (Oncovin) are recommended for intermediate or high-risk disease. Hysterectomy...
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chemotherapy with vincristine, saying that "repurposing anakinra may be an effective co-treatment strategy to prevent vincristine-induced peripheral...
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'CVAD' is the acronym of the drugs used in course A: cyclophosphamide, vincristine, doxorubicin (also known by its trade name, Adriamycin), and dexamethasone...
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with medulloblastoma treated with radiation and cisplatin, CCNU, and vincristine chemotherapy". Journal of Neurosurgery. 81 (5): 690–698. doi:10.3171/jns...
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Bleomycin Bleomycin Bleomycin Prednisone Vinblastine Vinblastine, Vincristine Vincristine Procarbazine Dacarbazine Chlormethine Cyclophosphamide, Procarbazine...
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lysis of both normal and malignant lymphocytes; Oncovin, also known as vincristine: a vinca alkaloid that binds to the protein tubulin, thereby preventing...
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