Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Mitoxantrone hydrochloride

Mitoxantrone is an anthracycline antineoplastic agent used in the treatment of certain types of cancer, mostly metastatic breast cancer, acute myeloid leukemia, and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Mitoxantrone is also used to treat multiple sclerosis most notably the subset known as secondary progressive MS. Mitoxantrone will not cure multiple sclerosis, but is effective in slowing the progression of secondary progressive MS and extending the time between relapses in relapsing-remitting MS and progressive relapsing MS Mitoxantrone is a type II topoisomerase inhibitor; it disrupts DNA synthesis and DNA repair in both healthy cells and cancer cells.

CAS:70476-82-3
Molecular Formula:C22H28N4O6· 2HC1
Molecular Weight:517.41
Specifications:EP, USP

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