The World Health Organization's ATC classification organizes medical drugs based on therapeutic properties, chemical composition, and anatomy. It helps make essential medicines readily available globally and is widely used in the pharmaceutical industry.
| Level | Code | Title | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L | Antineoplastic and immunomodulating agents | |
| 2 | L01 | Antineoplastic agents | |
| 3 | L01A | Alkylating agents | |
| 4 | L01AD | Nitrosoureas | |
| 5 | L01AD02 | Lomustine |
| Active Ingredient | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Lomustine |
Lomustine’s mode of action is believed to be partly as an alkylating agent and partly by inhibition of several steps in the synthesis of nucleic acid and inhibition of the repair of single strand breaks in DNA chains. |
Note the following: The list of brand names is continuously updated, and thus does not include the total of products circulating worldwide.
