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Paclitaxel

Paclitaxel (an anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called mitotic inhibitors)

class, substance, organic compound, drug, medical concept, cause, Cytotoxic therapeutic agents, Taxanes, Drugs, hormones and biological mediators

ATC code, ATC Code: "L01CD01"
CAS registry_number, CAS Code: "33069-62-4"
Side effects: neuropathy, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia, peripheral neuropathy
Symbol, Chemical Symbol: "C47H51NO14"
Class: ▶
drug; organic compound; Taxanes; Cytotoxic therapeutic agents; substance; …
Drugs, hormones and biological mediators; medical concept; cause; class
Parent Class: drug, substance, Taxanes, Cytotoxic therapeutic agents
Wikipedia Page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paclitaxel
Cause of: thrombocytopenia, peripheral neuropathy, Red cell production reduced, Hepatocellular jaundice, neutropenia
Related Websites: ▶
http://druginfo.nlm.nih.gov/drugportal/dpdirect.jsp?name=Paclitaxel, http://www.virtualcancercentre.com/drugs.asp?drugid=1695, http://www.research.fsu.edu/researchr/fall2002/taxol.html, http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/Chemistry/MOTM/taxol/taxol2.htm, http://www.cancer.gov/Templates/drugdictionary.aspx?CdrID=39762, …
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/druginfo/paclitaxel
Freebase ID: "/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000000497bb"
DBPedia URI: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Paclitaxel
Mesh ID: "D017239"
Diseases DB id: "12913"
Contra-indications: pregnancy
Freebase Primary MID: "/m/095yw"
Interacting Substances: Clusterin
Side Effects: neuropathy

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