Molecule

S1995 

Biological Activity:
Procarbazine hydrochloride (Matulane) is a hydrochloride salt form of procarbazine which is a polyfunctional alkylating compound used as an antineoplastic agent. Procarbazine is a cytostatic agent, meaning it strands cells midway through cell division, but it does not actively kill them. Procarbazine interferes with cells at a number of sites to prevent DNA and protein synthesis and mitosis. Procarbazine hydrochloride (Matulane) is used in the treatment of Hodgkin’s lymphoma and other malignant lymphomas including:- lymphosarcoma- reticulosarcoma- Brill-Symmers disease. Because procarbazine hydrochloride (Matulane) works differently to other anticancer agents,Procarbazine hydrochloride (Matulane) may be useful in the treatment of cancers that have not responded to other treatments. [1]References on Procarbazine HCl (Matulane)[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procarbazine, ,

SML0036 

Biochem/physiol Actions
Procarbazine is an antineoplastic alkylating agent widely used in cancer chemotherapy in combination with other compounds. It has multiple mechanisms of action. Procarbazine inhibits protein, RNA and DNA synthesis in addition to being an alkylating agent.

P755400 

Antineoplastic.

CHEBI:71428 

A hydrochloride obtained by combining procarbazine with one equivalent of hydrochloric acid. An antineoplastic chemotherapy drug used for treatment of Hodgkin's lymphoma. Metabolism yields azo-procarbazine and hydrogen peroxide, which results in the breaking of DNA strands.