Organic Chemical
methylcholanthrene
Subclass of:
Benz(a)Anthracenes
Definitions related to methylcholanthrene:
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A carcinogen that is often used in experimental cancer studies.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Highly carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon synthesized by pyrolytic degradation of cholic acid, deoxycholic acid, or cholesterol; a procarcinogen that requires metabolic activation to exert a mutagenic effect.CRISP ThesaurusNational Institutes of Health, 2006
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