Organic Chemical
bromouracil
[ broh-moh-yoor-uh-sil ]
Subclass of:
Uracil
Definitions related to bromouracil:
  • 5-Bromo-2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione. Brominated derivative of uracil that acts as an antimetabolite, substituting for thymine in DNA. It is used mainly as an experimental mutagen, but its deoxyriboside (BROMODEOXYURIDINE) is used to treat neoplasms.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • (5 bromouracil) 5-bromo-2,4(1H,3H)-pyrimidinedione; brominated derivative of uracil that acts as an antimetabolite, substituting for thymine in DNA; used mainly as an experimental mutagen.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
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