Organic Chemical
aziridine
Definitions related to aziridine:
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Saturated, 3-membered organic ring system with 1 nitrogen heteroatom.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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(ethyleneimine) A monofunctional alkylating agent with potential antineoplastic activity. Reacting with DNA mainly at guanine and adenine residues, ethylenimine alkylates DNA, thereby producing DNA interstrand crosslinks and DNA breaks, and interfering with DNA replication and cell division. (NCI04)NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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