Compounds containing a tetracene skeleton.
Member | Definition | Role |
1-hydroxyaklavinone | | (1R,2R,4S)-2-ethyl-2,4,5,7,10-pentahydroxy-6,11-dioxo-3,4-dihydro-1H-tetracene-1-carboxylic acid methyl ester |
amrubicin | A synthetic anthracycline antibiotic with molecular formula C25H25NO9. A specific inhibitor of topoisomerase II, it is used (particularly as the hydrochloride salt) in the treatment of cancer, especially lung cancer, where it is a prodrug for the active metabolite, ambrucinol. | amrubicin |
amrubicinol | A diastereoisomeric mixture resulting from the formal reduction of the acetyl group at position 9 of amrubicin to the corresponding 1-hydroxyethyl group. The active metabolite of amrubicin in lung cancer patients. | amrubicinol |
naphthacene | An acene that consists of four ortho-fused benzene rings in a rectilinear arrangement. | tetracene |