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Beta alethine

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-001003

  1. A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to a family of chemicals called disulfides.

  2. A disulfide agent that stimulates T and B-cell functions and exhibits anti-tumor and immunostimulant activity. (NCI)

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-001003
FieldOncology and biomedicine
Synonymsalethine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms; National Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-001003",
  "term": "Beta alethine",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definitions": [
    "A substance that is being studied in the treatment of cancer. It belongs to a family of chemicals called disulfides.",
    "A disulfide agent that stimulates T and B-cell functions and exhibits anti-tumor and immunostimulant activity. (NCI)"
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    "alethine"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms",
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/beta-alethine/"
}

Record 3,467 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.