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Aclarubicin

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Overview

Overview

Aclarubicin (INN) or aclacinomycin A[1] is an anthracycline drug[2] that is used in the treatment of cancer. Soil bacteria Streptomyces galilaeus can produce aclarubicin.

References

References

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  2. Jensen PB, Jensen PS, Demant EJ; et al. (October 1991). “Antagonistic effect of aclarubicin on daunorubicin-induced cytotoxicity in human small cell lung cancer cells: relationship to DNA integrity and topoisomerase II”. Cancer Res. 51 (19): 5093–9. PMID 1655244.


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