"Nitrosourea Compounds" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A class of compounds in which the core molecule is R-NO, where R is UREA.
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D009607
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MeSH Number(s) |
D02.654.692 D02.948.594
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nitrosourea Compounds" by people in Profiles.
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Phase II trial of carmustine plus O(6)-benzylguanine for patients with nitrosourea-resistant recurrent or progressive malignant glioma. J Clin Oncol. 2002 May 01; 20(9):2277-83.
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Increased cytotoxicity of 1-(2-chloroethyl)-1-nitroso-3(4-methyl)-cyclohexylurea by pretreatment with O6-methylguanine in resistant but not in sensitive human melanoma cells. J Cancer Res Clin Oncol. 1987; 113(4):387-91.
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Ethylation of nucleophilic sites in DNA by N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea depends on chromatin structure and ionic strength. Mutat Res. 1985 Jun-Jul; 150(1-2):13-21.
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Differential formation of O6-ethylguanine in the DNA of rat brain chromatin fibers of different folding levels exposed to N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea in vitro. Cancer Res. 1985 Mar; 45(3):1378-83.
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Highly sensitive sites for guanine-O6 ethylation in rat brain DNA exposed to N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea in vivo. EMBO J. 1984 Feb; 3(2):327-32.
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Comparison of the effect of butylated hydroxytoluene on N-nitrosomethylurea and 7,12-dimethylbenz[a]-anthracene-induced mammary tumors. Cancer Lett. 1981 Dec; 14(3):219-26.