asulacrine isethionate
The isethionate salt of an amsacrine analogue with antineoplastic properties. Asulacrine inhibits the enzyme topoisomerase ll, thereby blocking DNA replication and RNA and protein synthesis.
| Code name: | CI-921 |
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| Chemical structure: | 9-(2-methoxy-4-(methylsulfonylamino)phenylamino)-N,5-dimethyl-4-acridinecarboxamide 2-hydroxyethanesulfonate |