Description
Procarbazineisahydrazinederivativethatexhibitsanticancerchemotherapeuticactivity.ProcarbazineactsasaDNAalkylatorandinducesdoublestrandedDNAbreaksandcausesoxidativedamage.Clinically,procarbazineisusedtotreatHodgkin’slymphomaandbraincancers.Thiscompoundalsoinhibitsmonoamineoxidase(MAO).
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