"Mesna" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A sulfhydryl compound used to prevent urothelial toxicity by inactivating metabolites from ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, such as IFOSFAMIDE or CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE.
| Descriptor ID |
D015080
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.326.146.100.050.490 D02.886.489.590 D02.886.645.600.055.050.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Mesna- Mesna
- Sodium 2-Mercaptoethanesulphonate
- 2-Mercaptoethanesulphonate, Sodium
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mesna" by people in Profiles.
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A gynecologic oncology group randomized phase III trial of whole abdominal irradiation (WAI) vs. cisplatin-ifosfamide and mesna (CIM) as post-surgical therapy in stage I-IV carcinosarcoma (CS) of the uterus. Gynecol Oncol. 2007 Nov; 107(2):177-85.
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Estimation of methanogen biomass by quantitation of coenzyme M. Appl Environ Microbiol. 1999 Dec; 65(12):5541-5.
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Structure of component B (7-mercaptoheptanoylthreonine phosphate) of the methylcoenzyme M methylreductase system of Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1986 Jun; 83(12):4238-42.