Chlorozotocin

Chlorozotocin

Chlorozotocin

Chemical compound

Chlorozotocin is a nitrosourea. It is used for cancer therapy.[citation needed]

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The International Agency for Research on Cancer concluded it was "probably carcinogenic" in 1990[1]

It is an analogue of streptozotocin.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    Humans, IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk to (1990). SUMMARY OF FINAL EVALUATIONS. International Agency for Research on Cancer.
  2. [2]
    Wolfe MM (2006). Therapy of digestive disorders. Elsevier Health Sciences. p. 477. ISBN 978-1-4160-0317-5.


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