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The hydrochloride salt of doxorubicin, an anthracycline antibiotic with antineoplastic activity. Doxorubicin, isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces peucetius var. caesius, is the hydroxylated congener of daunorubicin. Doxorubicin intercalates between base pairs in the DNA helix, thereby preventing DNA replication and ultimately inhibiting protein synthesis. Additionally, doxorubicin inhibits topoisomerase II which results in an increased and stabilized cleavable enzyme-DNA linked complex during DNA replication and subsequently prevents the ligation of the nucleotide strand after double-strand breakage. Doxorubicin also forms oxygen free radicals resulting in cytotoxicity secondary to lipid peroxidation of cell membrane lipids; the formation of oxygen free radicals also contributes to the toxicity of the anthracycline antibiotics, namely the cardiac and cutaneous vascular effects./NCI-GLOSS Definition: A drug that is used to treat many types of cancer and is being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Adriamycin PFS comes from the bacterium Streptomyces peucetius. It damages DNA and may kill cancer cells. It is a type of anthracycline antitumor antibiotic.
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Synonyms & Abbreviations |
14-Hydroxydaunorubicin Hydrochloride
3-Hydroxyacetyldaunorubicin Hydrochloride
5,12-Naphthacenedione, 10-[(3-amino-2,3,6-trideoxy-alpha-L-lyxo-hexopyranosyl)oxy]-7,8, 9,10-tetrahydro-6,8,11-trihydroxy-8-(hydroxyacetyl)-1-methoxy-, hydrochloride, (8S-cis)- (9CI)
5,12-Naphthacenedione, 10-[(3-amino-2,3,6-trideoxy-alpha-L-lyxo-hexopyranosyl)oxy]-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-6,8,11-trihydroxy-8-(hydroxyacetyl)-1-methoxy-,hydrochloride, (8S-cis)-(9CI)
ADM
Adriacin
Adriamycin
Adriamycin Hydrochloride
Adriamycin hydrochloride
Adriamycin PFS
Adriamycin RDF
ADRIAMYCIN, HYDROCHLORIDE
Adriamycine
Adriblastina
Adriblastine
Adrimedac
Chloridrato de Doxorrubicina
DOX
DOXO-CELL
Doxolem
Doxorubicin Hydrochloride
doxorubicin hydrochloride
Doxorubicin hydrochloride
DOXORUBICIN HYDROCHLORIDE
Doxorubicin.HCl
Doxorubin
Farmiblastina
FI 106
FI-106
hydroxydaunorubicin
L-Lyxo-hexopyranoside, 3b-glycol-1,2,3,4,6,11-hexahydro-3,5,12-trihydroxy-10-methoxy-6,11-dioxo-1a-naphthacenyl 3-amino-2,3,6-trideoxy-alpha-, hydrochloride
Rubex
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