hexamethylene bisacetamide
A hybrid polar-planar compound with potential antineoplastic activity that induces terminal differentiation, inhibits cell growth, and causes apoptosis in several tumor cell lines. Its precise mechanism of action is unknown.
| Synonym: | hexamethylenebisacetamide hexamethylenediacetamide |
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| Abbreviation: | HMBA |
| Chemical structure: | acetamide, N,N'-1, 6-hexanediylbis- acetamide, N,N'-hexamethylenebis- N, N'-diacetylhexamethylenediamine N,N'-1,6-hexanediylbisacetamide N,N'-hexamethylenebisacetamide |
| IND number: | 24942 |
| NSC code: | 95580 |