Vinca alkaloid

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Chemical structure of the vinca alkaloid vincristine

Vinca alkaloids are a set of

beta-tubulin
polymerization in a dividing cell.

Sources

The Madagascan periwinkle

N-bromosuccinimide and trifluoroacetic acid followed by silver tetrafluoroborate to yield vinorelbine.[10]

Applications

Vinca alkaloids are used in

cellular division.[13] The vinca alkaloids thus prevent microtubule polymerization, as opposed to the mechanism of action of taxanes
.

Vinca alkaloids are now produced synthetically and used as drugs in cancer therapy and as immunosuppressive drugs. These compounds include vinblastine, vincristine, vindesine, and vinorelbine. Additional researched vinca alkaloids include vincaminol, vineridine, and vinburnine.

ethyl ester of apovincamine").[14]

Minor vinca alkaloids include minovincine, methoxyminovincine, minovincinine, vincadifformine, desoxyvincaminol, and vincamajine.[15][16][17]

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