Chlorozotocin

Chlorozotocin
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Formula C9H16ClN3O7
Molar mass 313.69 g/mol
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Chlorozotocin is a nitrosourea. It is used for cancer therapy.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer concluded it was "probably carcinogenic" in 1990[1]

IARC Monographs on the Evaluation of the Carcinogenic Risks to Humans, No. 50.

IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk to Humans.

Lyon (FR): International Agency for Research on Cancer; 1990.

It is an analogue of streptozotocin.[2]

References

  1. Humans, IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk to (1990). SUMMARY OF FINAL EVALUATIONS. International Agency for Research on Cancer.
  2. Wolfe, M. Michael (2006). Therapy of digestive disorders. Elsevier Health Sciences. pp. 477–. ISBN 978-1-4160-0317-5. Retrieved 31 July 2011.

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