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Drug Discovery and Design

Data on drug discovery and design described by M. Lukawska et al

Published in Women's Health Weekly, September 9th, 2010

According to recent research published in the journal Investigational New Drugs, "Oxazolinodaunorubicin, a new daunorubicin derivative with a modified daunosamine moiety, was synthesized. The biological properties of this derivative and the parent daunorubicin were compared."

"The results showed antiproliferative activity of the derivative with significantly lower toxicity (an LD50 value ca. 20 times higher than that of parent daunorubicin) and an ability to completely overcome the resistance of cancer cells to this drug in vitro. Cardiotoxicity determination using male mice treated with a single dose of 75% of the LD50 value indicated that the cardiotoxicity of...

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