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Uridine

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-017417

A nucleoside consisting of uracil and D-ribose and a component of RNA. Uridine has been studied as a rescue agent to reduce the toxicities associated with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), thereby allowing the administration of higher doses of 5-FU in chemotherapy regimens.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-017417
FieldOncology and biomedicine
AbbreviationUR
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-017417",
  "term": "Uridine",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A nucleoside consisting of uracil and D-ribose and a component of RNA. Uridine has been studied as a rescue agent to reduce the toxicities associated with 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), thereby allowing the administration of higher doses of 5-FU in chemotherapy regimens.",
  "abbreviation": "UR",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/uridine/"
}

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