Nedaplatin

Nedaplatin (INN, marketed under the tradename Aqupla) is a platinum-based antineoplastic drug which is used for cancer chemotherapy.[1] The complex consists of two ammine ligands and the dianion derived from glycolic acid.

Nedaplatin
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IV
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  • In general: ℞ (Prescription only)
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FormulaC2H8N2O3Pt
Molar mass303.17 g/mol g·mol−1
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Platinum-based drugs are widely employed as antineoplastic agents, especially cisplatin and carboplatin. Due to issues of their toxicity and number of cisplatin-resistant cancer cells, other platinum derivatives have been developed. Nedaplatin is one example of such new drugs.[2]

References

  1. Apps, Michael G.; Choi, Eugene H. Y.; Wheate, Nial J. (2015). "The state-of-play and future of platinum drugs". Endocrine-Related Cancer. 22 (4): R219–R233. doi:10.1530/ERC-15-0237. PMID 26113607.
  2. Johnstone, Timothy C.; Park, Ga Young; Lippard, Stephen J. (2014). "Understanding and Improving Platinum Anticancer Drugs – Phenanthriplatin". Anticancer Research. 34 (1): 471–476. PMC 3937549. PMID 24403503.


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