Term Information

Accession
CHEBI:50902
Name
genotoxin
Ontology
Synonyms
genotoxic agent, genotoxic agents, genotoxins
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A role played by a chemical compound to induce direct or indirect DNA damage. Such damage can potentially lead to the formation of a malignant tumour, but DNA damage does not lead inevitably to the creation of cancerous cells. [source: unknown]
Comment
None
Subset
None
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Parents of genotoxin (CHEBI:50902)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
genotoxin [is_a relation] is_a  aetiopathogenetic role (CHEBI:52209)
Children of genotoxin (CHEBI:50902)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
acridine (CHEBI:36420) [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  genotoxin
methyl methanesulfonate (CHEBI:25255) [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  genotoxin
mutagen (CHEBI:25435) [is_a relation] is_a  genotoxin
cisplatin (CHEBI:27899) [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  genotoxin
hydrogen peroxide (CHEBI:16240) [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  genotoxin
ethyl methanesulfonate (CHEBI:23994) [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  genotoxin
2-naphthol (CHEBI:10432) [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  genotoxin
N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (CHEBI:23995) [RO:0000087 relation] RO:0000087  genotoxin
None.