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Mustard Compounds

"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.

Strong alkylating and immunosuppressive agents whose biological activity is based on the presence of bis(2-chloroethyl)- groups. Although otherwise structurally diverse, the compounds have in common the capacity to contribute alkyl groups to DNA. They are generally highly toxic but include among their number many widely used and effective antineoplastic agents.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Mustard Compounds" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Mustard Compounds" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 1 publications over 1 distinct years, with a maximum of 1 publications in 2015
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