picoplatin

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-016065",
  "term": "picoplatin",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A new generation organic platinum analog with an extended spectrum of antineoplastic activity. Designed to overcome platinum drug resistance, picoplatin alkylates DNA, forming both inter- and intra-strand cross-linkages, resulting in inhibition of DNA replication and transcription, and the induction of apoptosis.",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/picoplatin/"
}