A class of antitumor agents is discussed in 16 papers, which include explorations of the synthesis, chemical properties, biotransformation, and pharmacokinetics in animals and humans, and studies of analogous agents and substances affecting the mechanism of triazenes. Specific topics include antimet
A class of antitumor agents is discussed in 16 papers, which include explorations of the synthesis, chemical properties, biotransformation, and pharma...
More than 25 years have elapsed since the development of the seminal idea which led to the synthesis of dimethyl triazenes as antitumor agents. The original suggestion of Shealy et ale was to use 4-imidazone-carboxarnide as the carrier of a nitro- gen-containing cytotoxic function. 5-diazoimidazole-4-carbox- amide (diazo-IC) was synthesized and tested in mice as a potential inhibitor of de novo purine biosynthesis. Its lack of antitumor action was attributed to its polarity and to the resulting poor uptake of this hydrophilic chemical. Diazo-IC was then coupled with dimethylamine, yielding 5,...
More than 25 years have elapsed since the development of the seminal idea which led to the synthesis of dimethyl triazenes as antitumor agents. The or...
