Amsacrine

CHEMBL43 Phase 4 معتمد Small molecule
Half-Life
Bioavailability
Protein Binding
Molecular Weight
393.5 g/mol
LogP
4.0
Phase
4

A chemotherapy agent that inhibits an enzyme called topoisomerase II, which cancer cells need to unwind and copy their DNA, leading to strand breaks and cell death. It is used in the treatment of certain leukemias.

الوزن الجزيئي

393,5000 g/mol

LogP

4,00

TPSA

88,70 Ų

قاعدة ليبينسكي للخمسة

ناجح

المجالات العلاجية

آلية العمل

Inhibits DNA topoisomerase, preventing the relaxation of supercoiled DNA during replication and transcription. This causes DNA strand breaks and triggers apoptosis in rapidly dividing cells.

Pharmacokinetics (PK)

Pharmacodynamics (PD)

الآلية

Inhibits DNA topoisomerase, preventing the relaxation of supercoiled DNA during replication and transcription. This causes DNA strand breaks and triggers apoptosis in rapidly dividing cells.

البنية ثنائية الأبعاد

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SMILES

COc1cc(NS(C)(=O)=O)ccc1Nc1c2ccccc2nc2ccccc12

InChI

InChI=1S/C21H19N3O3S/c1-27-20-13-14(24-28(2,25)26)11-12-19(20)23-21-15-7-3-5-9-17(15)22-18-10-6-4-8-16(18)21/h3-13,24H,1-2H3,(H,22,23)

Molecular Formula

C21H19N3O3S

HBD / HBA

2 / 6

الروابط القابلة للدوران

5

الذرات الثقيلة

28

No targets recorded

Target interaction data is not yet available for this drug.

No interactions recorded

Drug interaction data is not yet available for this compound.

No side effects recorded

Side effect data is not yet available for this drug.

الأسئلة الشائعة

A chemotherapy agent that inhibits an enzyme called topoisomerase II, which cancer cells need to unwind and copy their DNA, leading to strand breaks and cell death. It is used in the treatment of certain leukemias.

Inhibits DNA topoisomerase, preventing the relaxation of supercoiled DNA during replication and transcription. This causes DNA strand breaks and triggers apoptosis in rapidly dividing cells.

Yes, Amsacrine is an approved drug. It has reached clinical phase 4. It is classified as a Small molecule.

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References & Data Sources

  • ChEMBL — European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI). CHEMBL43. Open-access bioactivity database.
  • PubChem — National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). CID 2179. Chemical information database.

Data aggregated from publicly available pharmacological databases. Last updated 2026-03-04.

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Data sources: ChEMBL, PubChem, DailyMed.