Cancer drugs

Cancer drugs

Drugs, agents used in the treatment of cancer or conditions related to cancer.

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Cancer drugs

An agent that targets the human heat-shock protein 90 (Hsp90) with potential antineoplastic activity. Although the mechanism of action remains to be fully elucidated, Hsp90 antagonist KW-2478 appears ...

Anti-DR5 agonist monoclonal antibody TRA-8

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

An agonist mouse monoclonal antibody directed against TRAIL death receptor type 5 (DR5) with potential antineoplastic activity. Anti-DR5 agonist monoclonal antibody TRA-8 binds DR5, which may induce ...

White wine

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

An alcoholic beverage made from fermented white grapes with potential orexigenic activity. Although not well understood, the mechanism for white wine's potential orexigenic activity may be due, in ...

Dimethylbusulfan

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

An aliphatic analogue of busulfan with potential antineoplastic activity. As an alkylating agent, dimethylbusulfan induces neutropenia and has been shown to exhibit antitumor effects in some animal ...

Quinidine

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

An alkaloid extracted from the bark of the Cinchona tree with class 1A antiarrhythmic and antimalarial effects. Quinidine stabilises the neuronal membrane by binding to and inhibiting voltage-gated ...

Colchicine

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

An alkaloid isolated from Colchicum autumnale with anti-gout and anti-inflammatory activities. The exact mechanism of action by which colchicine exerts its effect has not been completely established. ...

Hexadecyloxypropyl-cidofovir

Pharmaceutical; Cancer drugs

An alkoxyalkyl ester prodrug containing the synthetic, acyclic nucleoside monophosphate analogue cidofovir linked, through its phosphonate group, to a lipid, 3-hexadecyloxy-1-propanol, with antiviral ...