Chemistry:Chlorozotocin

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Short description: Chemical compound
Chlorozotocin
Haworth projection of chlorozotocin
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FormulaC9H16ClN3O7
Molar mass313.69 g·mol−1
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Chlorozotocin is a nitrosourea. It is used for cancer therapy.[citation needed]

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

It is an analogue of streptozotocin.[2]

References

  1. Humans, IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risk to (1990) (in en). SUMMARY OF FINAL EVALUATIONS. International Agency for Research on Cancer. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK526156/. 
  2. Therapy of digestive disorders. Elsevier Health Sciences. 2006. p. 477. ISBN 978-1-4160-0317-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=gUrxEDKGfx4C&pg=PA477.