idarubicin hydrochloride
View Patient InformationThe hydrochloride salt of the anthracycline antineoplastic antibiotic idarubicin. Idarubicin intercalates into DNA and inhibits topoisomerase II, thereby inhibiting DNA replication and ultimately, interfering with RNA and protein synthesis. Due to its high lipophilicity, idarubicin penetrates cell membranes more efficiently than other anthracycline antibiotic compounds
| Synonym: | 4-demethoxydaunomycin idarubicin HCl |
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| US brand name: | Idamycin Idamycin PFS |
| Foreign brand name: | Zavedos |
| Code name: | IMI-30 SC-33428 |