tetracenes

Compounds containing a tetracene skeleton.

ChEBI ID: 51270

Members (4)

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