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VINBLASTINE SULFATE [1 record]

Record 1 2011-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
Universal entry(ies)
C46H58N4O9·H2SO4
correct, formula, see observation
DEF

The sulfate salt of a vinca alkaloid extracted from Vinca rosea L. (Apocynaceae), C46H58N4O9.H2SO4; used as an antineoplastic in the palliative treatment of lymphomas, including generalized Hodgkins' disease, lymphosarcoma, reticulum-cell sarcoma, and advanced mycosis fungoides, and of neuroblastoma, Letterer-Siwe disease, choriocarcinoma resistant to other agents, breast carcinoma resistant to other agents, and embryonal carcinoma of the testis. Administered intraveinously. Major side effects are nausea, vomiting, and bone marrow depression.

OBS

Other names: Kyocristine; Leurocristine sulfate; Leurocristine sulfate (1:1); Leurocristine sulfate (1:1) (salt); Leurocristine, sulfate; Leurocristine, sulfate (1:1) (salt) (8CI); Lilly 37231; LCR; LEUROCRISTINE; NSC 67574; NSC67674; Oncovin; Onkovin; Vincaleukoblastine, 22-oxo-, sulfate (1:1) (salt) (9CI); Vincristine sulfate (USAN); Vincristine Sulfate (USAN); Vincristine, sulfate; Vincrisul; VCR sulfate; VINCRISTINE; 37231.

OBS

Chemical formula: C46H58N4O9·H2SO4

Key term(s)
  • vinkaleukoblastine sulfate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
C46H58N4O9·H2SO4
correct, formula, see observation
DEF

Alcaloïde indolique dimère extrait de la pervenche rose (Vinca rosea) utilisé à l'état de sulfate dans le traitement d'affections néoplasiques malignes (D'après les sources b et c).

OBS

Formule chimique : C46H58N4O9·H2SO4

Spanish

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