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Vinca minor — plant Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae … Wikipedia
vinca alkaloid — n any of several alkaloids (as vinblastine and vincristine) obtained esp. from the rosy periwinkle * * * one of a group of antimitotic drugs (see cytotoxic drug) derived from the periwinkle (Vinca rosea). Vinca alkaloids, which are usually… … Medical dictionary
Vinca major — Hierba doncella Hierba doncella … Wikipedia Español
vinca alkaloid — A type of drug that blocks cell growth by stopping mitosis (cell division). Vinca alkaloids interfere with microtubules (cellular structures that help move chromosomes during mitosis). They are used to treat cancer. A vinca alkaloid is a type of… … English dictionary of cancer terms
alkaloid — /al keuh loyd /, Biochem., Chem., Pharm. n. 1. any of a large class of organic, nitrogen containing ring compounds of vegetable origin and sometimes synthesized, some of which are liquid but most of which are solid, that have a bitter taste, that … Universalium
Vinca rosea — Rosafarbene Catharanthe Rosafarbene Catharanthe (Catharanthus roseus) Systematik Unterklasse: Asternähnliche (Asteridae) … Deutsch Wikipedia
Vinca-Alkaloid — Vịn|ca Al|ka|lo|id [nlat. Vinca rosea oder Catharanthus roseus = eine Immergrünart (Bot.)]; Syn.: Catharanthus Alkaloid: Sammelbez. für monomere u. dimere polycycl. Indol Alkaloide, von denen etliche wegen ihrer mitosehemmenden Wirkung als… … Universal-Lexikon
vinca alkaloid — one of a group of antimitotic drugs (see also cytotoxic drug) derived from the periwinkle (Vinca rosea). Vinca alkaloids are used especially to treat leukaemias and lymphomas; they include vinblastine (Velbe), vincristine (Oncovin), and vindesine … The new mediacal dictionary
Alkaloid — This article is about the chemical compounds alkaloids. For the pharmaceutical company in the Republic of Macedonia see Alkaloid (company).Alkaloids are naturally occurring chemical compounds containing basic nitrogen atoms.… … Wikipedia
vinca — vin·ca viŋ kə n PERIWINKLE * * * Vin·ca (vinґkə) [L. pervinca periwinkle] a genus of woody herbs of the family Apocynaceae, including periwinkles. V. miґnor L. is the common, or lesser, periwinkle. V. roґsea L. is the Madagascar periwinkle,… … Medical dictionary
