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capecitabine

Known as: Capecitabina, Capecitabin, Pentyl 1-(5-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranosyl)-5-fluoro-1,2-dihydro-2-oxo-4-pyrimidinecarbamate 
A fluoropyrimidine carbamate belonging to the class of antineoplastic agents called antimetabolites. As a prodrug, capecitabine is selectively… 
National Institutes of Health

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Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic
CAPOX RegimenCAPOX-Bevacizumab RegimenColorectal NeoplasmsDrug Allergy

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Xeloda

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Highly Cited
2014
Highly Cited
2014
PART OF A SPECIAL ISSUE ON POLLINATOR-DRIVEN SPECIATION Do pollinator distributions underlie the evolution of pollination ecotypes in the Cape shrub Erica plukenetii?
† Background and Aims According to the Grant –Stebbins model of pollinator-driven divergence, plants that disperse beyond the… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Transmitted HIV type 1 drug resistance among individuals with recent HIV infection in East and Southern Africa.
To characterize WHO-defined transmitted HIV drug resistance mutation (TDRM) data from recently HIV-infected African volunteers… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
A century of migrant labour in the gold mines of South Africa
Our purpose is to record and to explain the widely changing numbers of the huge total of black workers on the gold mines of South… 
Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Molecular Characteristics and Global Spread of Mycobacterium tuberculosis with a Western Cape F11 Genotype
ABSTRACT In order to fully understand the global tuberculosis (TB) epidemic it is important to investigate the population… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Thymidylate synthase gene polymorphism predicts response to capecitabine in advanced colorectal cancer
Abstract. Thymidylate synthase is a target enzyme for chemotherapeutic agents such as 5-fluorouracil and capecitabine, its oral… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Electrically controlled surface diffraction gratings in nematic liquid crystals.
Photorefractive diffraction gratings were studied in cells of homeotropically aligned pentyl-cyanobiphenyl liquid crystal. These… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
The promotion of seed germination of Cape Erica species by plant-derived smoke
Seeds of 40 ericaceous species were screened to obtain an indication of how important the smoke cue is for germination in the… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases in crustaceans.
  • M. O. James
  • Xenobiotica; the fate of foreign compounds in…
  • 1989
  • Corpus ID: 12620112
1. The hepatopancreas is the major site of cytochrome P450-dependent xenobiotic monooxygenation in crustacean species, but the… 
Review
1987
Review
1987
Intensive care management of acute organophosphate poisoning. A 7-year experience in the western Cape.
Organophosphate poisoning (OPP) was an important reason for admission of patients to the respiratory intensive care unit (ICU) at… 
Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
Inhibition of electron transfer by 3-alkyl-2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinones in the ubiquinol-cytochrome c oxidoreductases of Rhodopseudomonas sphaeroides and mammalian mitochondria. Interaction with a…
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