Drug Summary

  Drug name:  daunorubicin
  Chemical name:  Daunorubicin hydrochloride
  Formula:  C₂₇H₂₉NO₁₀
  Weight:   527.5199
  CAS no:  20830-81-3
  DrugBank link:  DB00694
  Description:  A very toxic anthracycline aminoglycoside antineoplastic isolated from Streptomyces peucetius and others, used in treatment of leukemia and other neoplasms. [PubChem]
  Indication:  For remission induction in acute nonlymphocytic leukemia (myelogenous, monocytic, erythroid) of adults and for remission induction in acute lymphocytic leukemia of children and adults.