Perillyl alcohol

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-006514",
  "term": "Perillyl alcohol",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definitions": [
    "A substance that is being studied in the prevention of cancer. It belongs to the family of plant drugs called monoterpenes.",
    "A naturally occurring monoterpene related to limonene with antineoplastic activity. Perillyl alcohol inhibits farnesyl transferase and geranylgeranyl transferase, thereby preventing post-translational protein farnesylation and isoprenylation and activation of oncoproteins such as p21-ras, and arresting tumor cells in the G1 phase of the cell cycle."
  ],
  "abbreviation": "POH",
  "synonyms": [
    "perilla alcohol",
    "dihydrocuminyl alcohol",
    "perillic alcohol",
    "perillol"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms",
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/perillyl-alcohol/"
}