Anhydrovinblastine

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-000552",
  "term": "Anhydrovinblastine",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definitions": [
    "An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called mitotic inhibitors.",
    "A semisynthetic derivative of the vinca alkaloid vinblastine, with potential antineoplastic activity. Like vinblastine, anhydrovinblastine targets and binds to tubulin and inhibits microtubule formation, resulting in disruption of mitotic spindle assembly and causing tumor cell cycle arrest in the M phase."
  ],
  "abbreviation": "AVLB",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms",
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/anhydrovinblastine/"
}