Leukersan
Leukersan Brand names, Leukersan Analogs
Leukersan Brand Names Mixture
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Leukersan Chemical_Formula
C14H19Cl2NO2
Leukersan RX_link
http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic2/leukeran.htm
Leukersan fda sheet
Leukersan msds (material safety sheet)
Leukersan Synthesis Reference
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Leukersan Molecular Weight
304.212 g/mol
Leukersan Melting Point
65 oC
Leukersan H2O Solubility
1.24E+004 mg/L
Leukersan State
Solid
Leukersan LogP
3.25
Leukersan Dosage Forms
Tablet
Leukersan Indication
For treatment of chronic lymphatic (lymphocytic) leukemia, malignant lymphomas including lymphosarcoma, giant follicular lymphoma, and Hodgkin's disease
Leukersan Pharmacology
Chlorambucil is an antineoplastic in the class of alkylating agents and is used to treat various forms of cancer. Alkylating agents are so named because of their ability to add alkyl groups to many electronegative groups under conditions present in cells. They stop tumor growth by cross-linking guanine bases in DNA double-helix strands - directly attacking DNA. This makes the strands unable to uncoil and separate. As this is necessary in DNA replication, the cells can no longer divide. In addition, these drugs add methyl or other alkyl groups onto molecules where they do not belong which in turn inhibits their correct utilization by base pairing and causes a miscoding of DNA. Alkylating agents are cell cycle-nonspecific. Alkylating agents work by three different mechanisms all of which achieve the same end result - disruption of DNA function and cell death.
Leukersan Absorption
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Leukersan side effects and Toxicity
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Leukersan Patient Information
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Leukersan Organisms Affected
Humans and other mammals
