Description
LoratADIneisanon-sedatingantihistaminergicthatactsasanantagoNISTathistamineH1receptorsthatexhibitsanti-inflammatory,anti-allergic,anti-asthma,andanticancerchemotherapeuticactivities.Loratadineisclinicallyusedtotreatallergicrhinitis,chronicidiopathicurticaria,andasthma.Invivo,loratadineinhibitsgrowthofcoloncancerxenograftsthroughdecreasesexpressionofcyclinB1andChk1,theinductionofG2/Mphasecellcyclearrest,anddirectdamagetoDNA.Loratadinealsoactsasafunctionalinhibitorofacidsphingomyelinase(FIASMA).