vincristine

IPA: vˈɪnkrɪstin

(biochemistry, pharmacology) A cytotoxic compound C₄₆H₅₆N₄O₁₀ of the alkaloid class obtained from the Madagascar periwinkle and used especially in the form of its sulfate to treat acute leukemia and other cancers.

Examples of "vincristine" in Sentences

Vincristine mitotic inhibitor used in cancer chemo.
The name vincristine comes from vinca, the Latin word for “bind.”
Vinblastine is a vinca alkaloid and a chemical analogue of vincristine.
Other treatments that have been used include interferon or vincristine.
Also, for medical error, he details many fatal vincristine dosage errors.
Yet, I was comforted when I discovered that one of these drugs, vincristine, was actually derived from Africa's rosy periwinkle.
It turns out the pink-flowering plant has anticancer properties, and is now used to make the medicines vincristine and vinblastine.
The vincristine was a powerful anti-cancer drug which was going to be used for Johnny, a patient on the ward with nephroblastomaa malignant tumour of the kidney.
Every time I treat a cat for cancer with a drug called "vincristine" I am grateful to the shaman that discovered the plant and the pharmacy company scientists that refined it into a useful drug.
For the past decade, a modified chemotherapy regimen consisting of cyclophosphamide, vincristine, procarbazine and prednisone (COPP), together with adriamycin, bleomycin and vinblastine (ABV) has been used to treat patients with HD.
Naturally occurring chemicals in obscure plants and animals have been spun into various life-saving drugs; perhaps the most famous is the rosy periwinkle, native only to Madagascar, from which we took the compounds vincristine and vinblastine to fight lymphoma and breast cancer.