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Nitrogen Mustard Compounds

"Nitrogen Mustard Compounds" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

A group of alkylating agents derived from mustard gas, with the sulfur replaced by nitrogen. They were formerly used as toxicants and vesicants, but now function as antineoplastic agents. These compounds are also powerful mutagens, teratogens, immunosuppressants, and carcinogens.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Nitrogen Mustard Compounds" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Nitrogen Mustard Compounds" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 14 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2014
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