Nitrogen Mustard Compounds
"Nitrogen Mustard Compounds" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A group of alkylating agents derived from mustard gas, with the sulfur replaced by nitrogen. They were formerly used as toxicants and vesicants, but now function as antineoplastic agents. These compounds are also powerful mutagens, teratogens, immunosuppressants, and carcinogens.
| Descriptor ID |
D009588
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.526.728.650
|
| Concept/Terms |
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Nitrogen Mustard Compounds".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Nitrogen Mustard Compounds".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Nitrogen Mustard Compounds" by people in this website by year, and whether "Nitrogen Mustard Compounds" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
![]()
To see the data from this visualization as text,
click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Nitrogen Mustard Compounds" by people in Profiles.