The secondary alcohol and aglycone metabolites of doxorubicin alter metabolism of human erythrocytes
Anthracyclines, a class of antitumor drugs widely used for the treatment of solid and hematological malignancies, cause a cumulative dose-dependent cardiac toxicity whose biochemical basis is unclear. Recent studies of the role of the metabolites of anthracyclines, i.e., the alcohol metabolite doxor...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2003-12-01
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2003001200005 |