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se·mus·tine (sə-musґtēn) the methyl analogue of lomustine, a cytotoxic alkylating agent of the nitrosourea (q.v.) group, used as an antineoplastic, primarily for treatment of brain tumors, colorectal carcinoma, gastric carcinoma, Hodgkin disease, and malignant melanoma. Called also methyl CCNU and MeCCNU.Medical dictionary. 2011.
Semustine — Systematic (IUPAC) name N (2 Chloroethyl) N (4 methylcyclohexyl) N nitrosourea Clinical data Pregnancy cat … Wikipedia
semustine — noun A drug used in chemotherapy, structurally similar to lomustine … Wiktionary
semustine — An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called alkylating agents … English dictionary of cancer terms
CH3 CCNU — semustine … Medical dictionary
methyl CCNU — semustine … Medical dictionary
CH3 CCNU — • semustine … Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations
Semustin — Strukturformel Struktur ohne Stereochemie Allgemeines Freiname … Deutsch Wikipedia
Nitrosourea — IUPAC name … Wikipedia
nitrosourea — Alkylating agent used in the treatment of many neoplasms; an example is BCNU [N,N′ bis(2 chloroethyl) N n.; carmustine]. * * * ni·tro·so·urea yu̇ rē ə n any of a group of lipid soluble drugs that function as alkylating agents, have the ability to … Medical dictionary
MeCCNU — methylchloroethylcyclohexyl nitrosourea [semustine] * * * semustine … Medical dictionary
