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MeSH Heading: Azaserine
Tree Number(s): D12.125.154.800.500
Unique ID: D001377
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001377
Annotation: /biosyn permitted
Scope Note: Antibiotic substance produced by various Streptomyces species. It is an inhibitor of enzymatic activities that involve glutamine and is used as an antineoplastic and immunosuppressive agent.
Entry Term(s): Azeserine; LL-D05139a; O-Diazoacetyl-L-serine
Pharm Action: Antibiotics, Antineoplastic
Antifungal Agents
Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
Immunosuppressive Agents
Related Numbers: 115-02-6
CAS Type 1 Name: L-Serine, diazoacetate (ester)
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/22

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analogs & derivatives (AA)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

urine (UR)

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