Pharmacologic Substance
losoxantrone
[ loh-sok-san-trone ]
Definitions related to losoxantrone:
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An anthrapyrazole-based antineoplastic antibiotic. Losoxantrone intercalates into DNA, induces single- and double-stranded DNA breaks and inhibits topoisomerase II, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and repair as well as RNA and protein synthesis. Losoxantrone is less cardiotoxic than doxorubicin.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antipyrazoles.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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