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Vidarabine

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-017502

A nucleoside antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces antibioticus with antineoplastic activity. Vidarabine inhibits DNA polymerase, resulting in the inhibition of DNA replication in tumor cells.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-017502
FieldOncology and biomedicine
AbbreviationARA-A
SynonymsSpongoadenosine; adenine arabinoside; araadenosine; Arabinosyladenine; Beta Ara-A
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-017502",
  "term": "Vidarabine",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "A nucleoside antibiotic isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces antibioticus with antineoplastic activity. Vidarabine inhibits DNA polymerase, resulting in the inhibition of DNA replication in tumor cells.",
  "abbreviation": "ARA-A",
  "synonyms": [
    "Spongoadenosine",
    "adenine arabinoside",
    "araadenosine",
    "Arabinosyladenine",
    "Beta Ara-A"
  ],
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/vidarabine/"
}

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