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Carbohydrates > Sugar Alcohols > Galactitol > Dianhydrogalactitol
Organic Chemicals > Alcohols > Sugar Alcohols > Galactitol > Dianhydrogalactitol

Preferred term

Dianhydrogalactitol  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • One of the cytotoxic dihalohexitols that alkylates and cross-links DNA via an epoxide group during all phases of the cell cycle, resulting in a disruption of DNA function and cell cycle arrest. It has antineoplastic activity and also causes bone marrow toxicity.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • 1,2,5,6-Dianhydrogalactitol
  • 1,2-5,6-Dianhydrogalactitol
  • 23261-20-3 (Dianhydrogalactitol)
  • 4S465RYF7M
  • Dianhydrodulcitol
  • Diepoxydulcitol
  • Diepoxygalactitol
  • Galactitol, 1,2:5,6-dianhydro-

Pharmacological Action(s)

In other languages

  • French

  • 23261-20-3 (Dianhydrogalactitol)
  • 4S465RYF7M
  • Dianhydrogalactitol
  • Galactitol, 1,2:5,6-dianhydro-

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-LBVV652P-D

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