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VINCA [4 records]

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Record 1 2016-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
Universal entry(ies)
Vinca
Latin
OBS

Apocynaceae Family.

OBS

About 12 spp. of trailing evergreen subshrubs, native of the Old World; ... flowers solitary ... corolla more or less funnel form ... Planted as ground cover and in window boxes, thriving in shady locations. Propagated by division and cuttings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Vinca
Latin
OBS

Famille des Apocynacées.

OBS

Genre comprenant 7 espèces d’arbustes, de sous-arbrisseaux ou de plantes vivaces herbacées à feuillage caduc ou persistant, formant des coussinets. [une espèce] Vinca rosea, n’ est pas rustique et exige la culture en serre. [D'autres espèces] sont rustiques et envahissantes; elles conviennent comme couvre-sol dans les sous-bois [...]. Les fleurs, tubulaires, présentent 5 pétales angulés ou arrondis, ouverts en corolle.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Cancers and Oncology
Universal entry(ies)
C46H58O9N4
formula, see observation
CONT

The generic drugs, Vincristine (VCR) and Vinblastine VLB, alkaloids currently extracted from the periwinkle plant, Catharanthus roseus, posses significant antitumor activity. VCR and VLB have been used widely as single agents and in combination with other anti-neoplastic drugs in cancer chemotherapy for more than 30 years.

OBS

Chemical formula: C46H58O9N4

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Cancers et oncologie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
C46H58O9N4
formula, see observation
DEF

Alcaloïde indolique dimère extrait de la pervenche rose(Vinca rosea) apparenté à la vindoline et possédant une action antimitotique.

OBS

Utilisée à l’état de sulfate dans le traitement de diverses maladies, en particulier de la maladie de Hodgkin).

OBS

Comparer à vincristine.

OBS

Formule chimique : C46H58O9N4

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
  • Tipos de cáncer y oncología
Entrada(s) universal(es)
C46H58O9N4
formula, see observation
DEF

Fármaco alcaloide antineoplásico, derivado de la Vinca.

OBS

[...] utilizado para el tratamiento de carcinoma testicular, de ovario, riñón y pecho, linfoma Hodgkin y no Hodgkin.

OBS

Fórmula química: C46H58O9N4

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Record 3 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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Record 4 2004-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
DEF

Alcaloïde indolique [...] isolé de la petite pervenche, Vinca minor.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
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