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개요Dacarbazine is nevertheless considered the first representative of the series of triazene derivatives. It has been shown that it is an alkylating agent, and thus this drug inhibits RNA and protein synthesis to a greater degree than DNA. Dacarbazine is used intravenously for Hodgkin’s disease, soft-tissue sarcoma, and metastatic melanoma. A synonym of this drug is diticene.

용도Dacarbazine is used as an antineoplastic for treatment of malignant melanoma and sarcomas.

일반 설명Dacarbazine is available in 100- and 200-mg vials for IVadministration in the treatment of Hodgkin’s disease, malignantmelanoma, carcinoid cancer, neuroblastoma, andsoft tissue sarcoma. Resistance to dacarbazine has been primarilyattributed to enhanced activity of AGAT. The volumeof distribution exceeds the amount of water in thebody suggesting the compound distributes into body tissuespossibly the liver. The agent is not highly protein bound(20%) and is metabolized in the liver by CYP to give MTICand 4-amino-5-imidazole-carboxamide (AIC).Thedemethylation reaction is mediated by isozymes CYP1A1/2and CYP2E1. Elimination occurs via the urine with 40% to50% occurring as unchanged drug. Dose-limiting myelosuppressionpresents as both leucopenia and thrombocytopenia.Other adverse effects include nausea, vomiting,flulike symptoms, photosensitivity, and pain at the injectionsite.

정의ChEBI: A monocarboxylic acid amide that is 1H-imidazole-4-carboxamide which is substituted at position 5 by a 3,3-dimethyltriaz-1-en-1-yl group. It is used for the treatment of metastatic malignant melanoma, and in combination with other drugs or the treatment of Hodgkin's disease and soft-tissue sarcoma.