Medical Definition of Nitrogen mustard compounds
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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 agent. These compounds are also powerful mutagens, teratogens, immunosuppressants, and carcinogens.
Pharmacological action: antineoplastic agent, alkylating, carcinogens, mutagens, teratogens.
(12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nitrogen Mustard Compounds
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