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Mechlorethamine
Chlorethazine | Chlormethine | Mechlorethamine Oxide | Mustine | Nitrogen Mustard | Nitrogen Mustard N-Oxide | Bis(2-chloroethyl)methylamine | Caryolysine | Cloramin | Embichin | HN-2 | HN2 | Mechlorethamine Hydrochloride | Mechlorethamine N-Oxide | N-Lost
A vesicant and necrotizing irritant destructive to mucous membranes. It was formerly used as a war gas. The hydrochloride is used as an antineoplastic in Hodgkin's disease and lymphomas. It causes severe gastrointestinal and bone marrow damage. |
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