the active ingredient in a drug used together with other drugs to treat several types of cancer, including advanced hodgkin lymphoma and advanced testicular germinal-cell cancers. it is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. vinblastine comes from the periwinkle plant vinca rosea linn. it blocks cell growth by stopping cell division and may kill cancer cells. it is a type of vinca alkaloid and a type of antimitotic agent.
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/05/30 18:22 UTC 版)
Vinblastine is an antimicrotubule drug used to treat certain kinds of cancer, including Hodgkin's lymphoma, non-small cell lung cancer, breast cancer, head and neck cancer, and testicular cancer. It is also used to treat Langerhan cell histiocytosis.