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<compound>
  <id type="integer">4755</id>
  <title>T3D4700</title>
  <common-name>Lomustine</common-name>
  <description>Lomustine is only found in individuals that have used or taken this drug. It is an alkylating agent of value against both hematologic malignancies and solid tumors. Lomustine is a highly lipophilic nitrosourea compound which undergoes hydrolysis in vivo to form reactive metabolites. These metabolites cause alkylation and cross-linking of DNA (at the O6 position of guanine-containing bases) and RNA, thus inducing cytotoxicity. Other biologic effects include inhibition of DNA synthesis and some cell cycle phase specificity. Nitrosureas generally lack cross-resistance with other alkylating agents. As lomustine is a nitrosurea, it may also inhibit several key processes such as carbamoylation and modification of cellular proteins.</description>
  <cas>13010-47-4</cas>
  <pubchem-id>3950</pubchem-id>
  <chemical-formula>C9H16ClN3O2</chemical-formula>
  <weight nil="true"/>
  <appearance>White powder.</appearance>
  <melting-point>88 - 90°C</melting-point>
  <boiling-point nil="true"/>
  <density nil="true"/>
  <solubility>111 mg/L</solubility>
  <specific-gravity nil="true"/>
  <flash-point nil="true"/>
  <vapour-pressure nil="true"/>
  <route-of-exposure>Well and rapidly absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract.</route-of-exposure>
  <target nil="true"/>
  <mechanism-of-toxicity>Lomustine is a highly lipophilic nitrosourea compound which undergoes hydrolysis in vivo to form reactive metabolites. These metabolites cause alkylation and cross-linking of DNA (at the O6 position of guanine-containing bases) and RNA, thus inducing cytotoxicity. Other biologic effects include inhibition of DNA synthesis and some cell cycle phase specificity. Nitrosureas generally lack cross-resistance with other alkylating agents. As lomustine is a nitrosurea, it may also inhibit several key processes such as carbamoylation and modification of cellular proteins.</mechanism-of-toxicity>
  <metabolism>Hepatic. Rapid and complete, with active metabolites.Route of Elimination: Following oral administration of radioactive CeeNU at doses ranging from 30 mg/m2 to 100 mg/m2, about half of the radioactivity given was excreted in the urine in the form of degradation products within 24 hours.Half Life: Approximately 94 minutes, however the metabolites have a serum half-life of 16 to 48 hours.</metabolism>
  <toxicity>Oral, rat: LD&lt;sub&gt;50&lt;/sub&gt; = 70 mg/kg. Pulmonary toxicity has been reported at cumulative doses usually greater than 1,100 mg/m2. There is one report of pulmonary toxicity at a cumulative dose of only 600 mg. The onset of toxicity has varied from 6 months after initiation of therapy, to as late as 15 years after.</toxicity>
  <lethaldose nil="true"/>
  <carcinogenicity>2A, probably carcinogenic to humans. (L135)</carcinogenicity>
  <use-source>For the treatment of primary and metastatic brain tumors as a component of combination chemotherapy in addition to appropriate surgical and/or radiotherapeutic procedures. Also used in combination with other agents as secondary therapy for the treatment of refractory or relapsed Hodgkin's disease.</use-source>
  <min-risk-level nil="true"/>
  <health-effects nil="true"/>
  <symptoms nil="true"/>
  <treatment nil="true"/>
  <created-at type="dateTime">2014-09-11T02:05:33Z</created-at>
  <updated-at type="dateTime">2026-03-26T21:11:04Z</updated-at>
  <interacting-proteins nil="true"/>
  <wikipedia>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lomustine</wikipedia>
  <uniprot-id nil="true"/>
  <kegg-compound-id>C07079</kegg-compound-id>
  <omim-id nil="true"/>
  <chebi-id>110898</chebi-id>
  <biocyc-id nil="true"/>
  <ctd-id nil="true"/>
  <stitch-id nil="true"/>
  <drugbank-id>DB01206</drugbank-id>
  <pdb-id nil="true"/>
  <actor-id nil="true"/>
  <organism nil="true"/>
  <export type="boolean">true</export>
  <metabolizing-proteins nil="true"/>
  <transporting-proteins nil="true"/>
  <moldb-smiles>ClCCN(N=O)C(=O)NC1CCCCC1</moldb-smiles>
  <moldb-formula>C9H16ClN3O2</moldb-formula>
  <moldb-inchi>InChI=1S/C9H16ClN3O2/c10-6-7-13(12-15)9(14)11-8-4-2-1-3-5-8/h8H,1-7H2,(H,11,14)</moldb-inchi>
  <moldb-inchikey>GQYIWUVLTXOXAJ-UHFFFAOYSA-N</moldb-inchikey>
  <moldb-average-mass type="decimal">233.695</moldb-average-mass>
  <moldb-mono-mass type="decimal">233.093104478</moldb-mono-mass>
  <origin>Exogenous</origin>
  <state>Solid</state>
  <logp>2.83</logp>
  <hmdb-id>HMDB15337</hmdb-id>
  <chembl-id>CHEMBL514</chembl-id>
  <chemspider-id>3813</chemspider-id>
  <structure-image-file-name nil="true"/>
  <structure-image-content-type nil="true"/>
  <structure-image-file-size type="integer" nil="true"/>
  <structure-image-updated-at type="dateTime" nil="true"/>
  <biodb-id nil="true"/>
  <synthesis-reference></synthesis-reference>
  <structure-image-caption nil="true"/>
  <chemdb-id>CHEM003658</chemdb-id>
  <dsstox-id>DTXSID2023222</dsstox-id>
  <toxcast-id nil="true"/>
  <stoff-ident-origin nil="true"/>
  <stoff-ident-id nil="true"/>
  <susdat-id>NS00003479</susdat-id>
  <iupac>3-(2-chloroethyl)-1-cyclohexyl-3-nitrosourea</iupac>
</compound>
