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Voriconazole

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-009318

  1. A drug that treats infections caused by fungi.

  2. A synthetic triazole with antifungal activity. Voriconazole selectively inhibits 14-alpha-lanosterol demethylation in fungi, preventing the production of ergosterol, an essential constituent of the fungal cell membrane, and resulting in fungal cell lysis.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-009318
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms; National Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-009318",
  "term": "Voriconazole",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definitions": [
    "A drug that treats infections caused by fungi.",
    "A synthetic triazole with antifungal activity. Voriconazole selectively inhibits 14-alpha-lanosterol demethylation in fungi, preventing the production of ergosterol, an essential constituent of the fungal cell membrane, and resulting in fungal cell lysis."
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms",
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/voriconazole/"
}

Record 17,339 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.