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Demecolcine
Clinical data
ATC code
Identifiers
IUPAC name
  • (S)-1,2,3,10-Tetramethoxy-7-methylamino-6,7-dihydro-5H-benzoheptalen-9-one
CAS Number
PubChem CID
ChemSpider
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ChEMBL
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ECHA InfoCard100.006.832 Edit this at Wikidata
Chemical and physical data
FormulaC21H25NO5
Molar mass371.43 g/mol g·mol
3D model (JSmol)
SMILES
  • O=C/1C(\OC)=C/C=C2\C(=C\1)(NC)CCc3c2c(OC)c(OC)c(OC)c3
InChI
  • InChI=1S/C21H25NO5/c1-22-15-8-6-12-10-18(25-3)20(26-4)21(27-5)19(12)13-7-9-17(24-2)16(23)11-14(13)15/h7,9-11,15,22H,6,8H2,1-5H3/t15-/m0/s1
  • Key:NNJPGOLRFBJNIW-HNNXBMFYSA-N
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Demecolcine is a drug used in chemotherapy.It is closely related to the natural alkaloid colchicine with the replacement of the acetyl group on the amino moiety with methyl.

During cell division Demecolcine inhibits mitosis at metaphase by inhibiting spindle formation. Medically Demecolcine has been used to improve the results of cancer radiotherapy by synchronising tumour cells at metaphase, the radiosensitive stage of the cell cycle.

In animal cloning procedures Demecolcine makes an ovum eject its nucleus, creating space for insertion of a new nucleus.

References

  1. Brit med J., 1965, 1, 495 – 496
  2. Reprod Nutr Dev. 2006 Mar-Apr;46(2):219-26
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