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Pimonidazole hydrochloride

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-016080

A substituted nitroimidazole salt. Hypoxic cells bioreductively activate and bind pimonidazole. This agent may be used as a hypoxia marker for detecting oxygen gradients in living tissues. Pimonidazole also exhibits radiosensitizing properties.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-016080
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-016080",
  "term": "Pimonidazole hydrochloride",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A substituted nitroimidazole salt. Hypoxic cells bioreductively activate and bind pimonidazole. This agent may be used as a hypoxia marker for detecting oxygen gradients in living tissues. Pimonidazole also exhibits radiosensitizing properties.",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/pimonidazole-hydrochloride/"
}

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