Description
Mitoxantroneisananthracenedionethatexhibitsimmunosuppressiveandanticancerchemotherapeuticactivities.Mitoxantroneisclinicallyusedtotreatmultiplesclerosis(MS),breastcancer,non-Hodgkin’slymphoma,acutemyeloidleukemia(AML),andacutelymphoblasticleukemia(ALL).Mitoxantroneactsasanintercalator,cross-linkingandformingcomplexesinDNA,inhibitingDNAsynthesis;italsoinhibitsPim-1kinase.
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