acridine carboxamide

Definition / meaning of acridine carboxamide

A tricyclic acridine-based (or carboxamide-based) drug with dual topoisomerase inhibitor and potential antineoplastic activities. Acridine carboxamide inhibits both topoisomerases I and II and intercalates into DNA, resulting in DNA damage, the disruption of DNA repair and replication, the inhibition of RNA and protein synthesis, and cell death.

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The Web site of the National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov/)

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